单词 | perspicience |
释义 | perspiciencen. 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). < n.c1450 |
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