Both Uses of
inscrutable
in
Jane Eyre
- I still stood absolutely dumfoundered at what appeared to me her miraculous self-possession and most inscrutable hypocrisy, when the cook entered.†
Chpt 16 *
- It was vain to try to read with such an inscrutable fixture before me; nor could I, in impatience, consent to be dumb; he might rebuff me if he liked, but talk I would.†
Chpt 33
Definition:
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(inscrutable) impossible to understand -- often when finding a person's facial expression or comments mysterious