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scrutiny

noun
/ˈskɹuː.tɪ.ni/

Etymology

From Middle English scrutiny, from Medieval Latin scrūtinium (“a search, an inquiry”), from Vulgar Latin scrūtor (“to search or examine thoroughly”), from Late Latin scrūta (“rubbish, broken trash”), from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”).

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻
  2. derived from scrūta
  3. derived from scrūtor
  4. derived from scrūtinium
  5. inherited from scrutiny

Definitions

  1. Intense study of someone or something.

    • Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view / And narrower scrutiny.
    • So much for the occupant of the britscha, who waits, as all the horses are out at a ball or a scrutiny.

  2. Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.

    • come under scrutiny

  3. An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on…

    An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.

    2. An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of…

      An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.

      • The Returning Officer on the day appointed to make a scrutiny of the poll

    3. To scrutinize.

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Derived

intermediate scrutiny, post-scrutiny, pre-scrutiny, scrutineer, scrutineered, scrutineering, strict scrutiny

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at scrutiny. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at scrutiny. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at scrutiny

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA