scrutiny


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
scrutiny/ˈskruːtəni/
noun (pl. scrutinies) critical observation or examination.
– origin ME: from L. scrutinium, from scrutari ‘to search’ (orig. ‘sort rubbish’, from scruta ‘rubbish’).
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