kenspeckadj.

/ˈkɛnspɛk/

Forms: Also 1700s -spack, 1800s -spec, -spac.

Etymology: Origin obscure: the form agrees with Norwegian kjennespak, Swedish känspak, quick at recognizing persons or things (compare Old Norse kennispeki faculty of recognition); but the change from the active to a passive sense makes difficulties. Some have suggested confusion with conspicuous, but evidence is wanting. Kenspecked is given by Skinner (1671) and Ray (1674), and in Craven and other Northern glossaries.

dialect.

= kenspeckle adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > conspicuous

superapparent?a1475

apparent?1541

conspicuous1545

extant1566

conspicable1579

perspicuous1586

kenspeck1590

public1598

prominent1628

eye-taking1635

bold1678

kenspeckle1714

remarkable1726

telegraphic1809

supersalient1843

blatant1889

1590 T. Cokayne Treat. Hunting D j The most Buckes haue some kenspeck marke to knowe them by vpon their heads.

1715 R. Thoresby Leeds in Craven Dial. A convention at some noted oak, or to use a local word, kenspack ake.

1841 T. De Quincey Homer & Homeridae in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 751/2 The Homeric metre..is certainly kenspeck, to use a good old English word—that is to say, recognisable.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 95 As kenspac as a cock on a church broach.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	kenspeck
释义	kenspeckadj. /ˈkɛnspɛk/ Forms: Also 1700s -spack, 1800s -spec, -spac. Etymology: Origin obscure: the form agrees with Norwegian kjennespak, Swedish känspak, quick at recognizing persons or things (compare Old Norse kennispeki faculty of recognition); but the change from the active to a passive sense makes difficulties. Some have suggested confusion with conspicuous, but evidence is wanting. Kenspecked is given by Skinner (1671) and Ray (1674), and in Craven and other Northern glossaries. dialect. = kenspeckle adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > conspicuous superapparent?a1475 apparent?1541 conspicuous1545 extant1566 conspicable1579 perspicuous1586 kenspeck1590 public1598 prominent1628 eye-taking1635 bold1678 kenspeckle1714 remarkable1726 telegraphic1809 supersalient1843 blatant1889 1590 T. Cokayne Treat. Hunting D j The most Buckes haue some kenspeck marke to knowe them by vpon their heads. 1715 R. Thoresby Leeds in Craven Dial. A convention at some noted oak, or to use a local word, kenspack ake. 1841 T. De Quincey Homer & Homeridae in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 751/2 The Homeric metre..is certainly kenspeck, to use a good old English word—that is to say, recognisable. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 95 As kenspac as a cock on a church broach. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1590
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