释义 |
arˈguteness [f. as prec. + -ness.] Mental sharpness, shrewdness, or cunning; also, shrillness.
1653H. More Conject. Cabbal. (1713) 133 But what an insipid and unsatisfactory Arguteness there is in such Conceptions. 1683Dryden Life Plutarch 118 This [writer] tickles you by starts with his arguteness. 1822Hazlitt Men & Mann. ii. i. (1869) 16 A certain arguteness of voice. |