kenspeckleadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɛnspɛk(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈkɛnspɛk(ə)l/, Scottish English

/ˈkɛnspɛk(ə)l/

Forms: Also kenspeckled; cf. prec.

Etymology: See kenspeck adj.; the ending may be -le suffix 1, as in brittle, etc.

Scottish and northern dialect.

Easily recognizable; conspicuous.

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

1714 S. Centlivre Wonder iii. 43 Eng. Man...What kind of a Woman is it you enquire after. Gib. Geud troth, she's ne Kenspekle, she's aw in a Clowd.

1795 R. Burns Let. May (2003) II. 355 My phiz is sae kenspeckle, that the very joiner's apprentice..knew it at once.

1820 W. Scott Monastery III. ix. 240 It is a kenspeckle hoof-mark, for the shoe was made by old Eckie of Cannobie.

1862 C. Darwin Let. 25 Jan. in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 385 Your notion of the Aristocrat being kenspeckle..is new to me.

1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle xx. 259 The immediate front of a battle is a bit too public for any one to lie hidden in by day, especially when two or three feet of snow make everything kenspeckle.

1930 H. Walpole Rogue Herries ii. 392 He..wondered what it must be for such a boy to be in charge of so wild and tumultuous and kenspeckle an army.

1971 Lancet 6 Nov. 1028/2 He [sc. a cockerel] was..a kenspeckle figure in the neighbourhood [sc. in Scotland].

1973 Perthshire Advertiser 8 Aug. 13/2 There have been others..who, if not as kenspeckle and dynamic in the public eye, have given of their time, talents and means.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	kenspeckle
释义	kenspeckleadj. Brit. /ˈkɛnspɛk(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈkɛnspɛk(ə)l/, Scottish English /ˈkɛnspɛk(ə)l/ Forms: Also kenspeckled; cf. prec. Etymology: See kenspeck adj.; the ending may be -le suffix 1, as in brittle, etc. Scottish and northern dialect. Easily recognizable; conspicuous. 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 1714 S. Centlivre Wonder iii. 43 Eng. Man...What kind of a Woman is it you enquire after. Gib. Geud troth, she's ne Kenspekle, she's aw in a Clowd. 1795 R. Burns Let. May (2003) II. 355 My phiz is sae kenspeckle, that the very joiner's apprentice..knew it at once. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. ix. 240 It is a kenspeckle hoof-mark, for the shoe was made by old Eckie of Cannobie. 1862 C. Darwin Let. 25 Jan. in Life & Lett. (1887) II. 385 Your notion of the Aristocrat being kenspeckle..is new to me. 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle xx. 259 The immediate front of a battle is a bit too public for any one to lie hidden in by day, especially when two or three feet of snow make everything kenspeckle. 1930 H. Walpole Rogue Herries ii. 392 He..wondered what it must be for such a boy to be in charge of so wild and tumultuous and kenspeckle an army. 1971 Lancet 6 Nov. 1028/2 He [sc. a cockerel] was..a kenspeckle figure in the neighbourhood [sc. in Scotland]. 1973 Perthshire Advertiser 8 Aug. 13/2 There have been others..who, if not as kenspeckle and dynamic in the public eye, have given of their time, talents and means. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1714
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