perscrutation means A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
PERSCRUTATION — [Noun] A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny. From the Latin perscrūtātiō, from per- ("through") and scrūtārī ("to search carefully, examine"). Unlike scrutiny, which suggests a steady but general gaze, or investigation, which implies a broad and systematic procedure, perscrutation denotes an exhaustive, penetrative tunneling after the concealed. It is the scholar’s lamp burning over a palimpsest for a ghost-letter, the detective’s finger tracing every grain of dust in a suspect’s cuff, or the insomniac mind circling a forgotten shame with monastic dedication. It is the wearying light cast on the conviction that truth, however buried, does not wish to be found.
noun
- A thorough searching; a minute inquiry or scrutiny.“The first and universall reasons are of a hard perscrutation.”