According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
INSCRUTABLE
cryptic, cryptical, deep, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying
(adjective) of an obscure nature; “the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms”; “a deep dark secret”; “the inscrutable workings of Providence”; “in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life”- Rachel Carson; “rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
inscrutable (comparative more inscrutable, superlative most inscrutable)
Difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom, or interpret.
Synonyms: ineffable, Thesaurus:incomprehensible
Noun
inscrutable (plural inscrutables)
One who or that which is inscrutable; a person, etc. that cannot be comprehended.
Source: Wiktionary
In*scru"ta*ble, a. Etym: [L. inscrutabilis : cf. F. inscrutable. See In- not, and Scrutiny.]
Definition: Unsearchable; incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study; impossible or difficult to be explained or accounted for satisfactorily; obscure; incomprehensible; as, an inscrutable design or event. 'T is not in man To yield a reason for the will of Heaven Which is inscrutable. Beau. & Fl. Waiving a question so inscrutable as this. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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