Scrutiny Definition
Intense study of someone or something.
An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
- cursory look
- glance
(obsolete, rare) To scrutinize.
Other Word Forms of Scrutiny
Noun
Origin of Scrutiny
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From Middle English scrutiny, from Medieval Latin scrÅ«tinium (“a search, an inquiry"), from Vulgar Latin scrÅ«tārÄ« (“to search or examine thoroughly"), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Late Latin scrÅ«ta (“rubbish, broken trash"); or of Germanic origin, related to Old English scrÅ«tnung (“examination, investigation, inquiry, search"), from Old English scrÅ«tnian, scrÅ«dnian (“to examine carefully, scrutinize, consider, investigate"), from Proto-Germanic *skrudōnÄ…, *skruþōnÄ… (“to search, examine"), from Proto-Germanic *skrud-, *skruþ- (“to cut"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreut- (“to cut"). Compare Old High German skrodōn, scrutōn, scrutilōn (“to research, explore"), Old High German scrod (“a search, scrutiny"), Gothic [script?] (andhruskan, “to investigate, explore"), Old English scrÄ“adian (“to shred, cut up, cut off, peel, pare, prune"). More at shred.
From Wiktionary
Middle English scrutinie taking of a formal vote from Latin scrūtinium inquiry, search from scrūtārī to search, examine from scrūta trash
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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