单词 | perspicacy |
释义 | perspicacyn. rare after 17th cent. = perspicacity n.In quot. 1963 probably an error for perspicacity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > clarity knowledgea1398 perspiciencec1450 clearness1535 perspicacity1548 insightc1580 perspective?a1586 subtileness1591 perspicacy1600 clarity1616 quicksightedness1625 perspicuity1662 clear-sightednessa1691 perspicaciousness1727 percipiency1845 far-sightedness1846 clairvoyance1861 X-ray scrutiny1896 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor v. ii. sig. Oivv Nay Ladie, doe not scorne vs, though you haue this gift of Perspicacie aboue others. View more context for this quotation 1658 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 3) vii. xviii. 322 It was a very great mistake in the perspicacy [1646 perspicacity] of that Animal. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xliii. 355 In blunting the perspicacy of the Eyes of the Wise. 1868 J. Oswald et al. Etymol. Dict. Eng. Lang. 417 Perspicacity, Perspicacy, acuteness of sight or discernment. 1963 J. M. Bradbury Renaissance in South iii. 70 A heroine without the usual perspicacy to probe her dilemmas, for Amanda essentially has no mind to apply to her desperate problems. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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