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单词 perspicience
释义

perspiciencen.

Brit. /pəːˈspɪʃəns/, /pəːˈspɪsɪəns/, U.S. /pərˈspɪʃəns/, /pərˈspɪsiəns/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perspicientia.
Etymology: < classical Latin perspicientia clear perception < perspicient- , perspiciēns , present participle of perspicere to see through (see perspective adj.) + -ia -ia suffix1; compare -ence suffix.It is unclear whether the use in quot. c1450 shows a borrowing of classical Latin perspicientia or simply an error for prospicience n.
rare.
Keen or clear perception; insight. In early use also: †the ability to see all things, infinite vision (obsolete). Cf. perspicacity n.
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
c1450 ( J. Walton tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (Linc. Cathedral 103) 310 (MED) The souereyne hyhe devyne intelligence Over alle þinges haþ perspicience [v.r. prospicience; L. prospiciens].
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 180 Though it [sc. Faith] be set in a heighth, beyond our Humane Perspicience, I can believe it rather super-elevated, then contradictive to our Reason.
1768 W. Donaldson Life Sir Bartholomew Sapskull II. xx. 163 His conducting this perplexing affair with so much judgment and perspicience.
1966 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 6 715 This perspicience made Clough something of an enigma to his contemporaries.
2002 Times (Nexis) 27 July (Play section) 14 The meat of this tale is red raw with perspicience, humour and the pungent whiff of an author who knows his material.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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