perspiciln.

Brit.

/ˈpəːspᵻsɪl/, U.S.

/ˈpərspəˌsɪl/

Forms: 1600s perspicill, 1600s–1700s 1900s perspicil.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perspicillum.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin perspicillum optical instrument, as a telescope or microscope (a1536 in Erasmus; c1608, 1686 in British sources) < classical Latin perspicere to see through (see perspective adj.) + -illum (see main sense).

Now rare and historical.

A lens; an optical instrument, as a telescope or microscope. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [noun]

glass1545

optic1599

optic glass1607

perspicil1611

lenticular1658

spectacle-glass1682

lens1693

speculum1756

optical1944

lenslet1956

1611 S. Page in T. Coryate Crudities sig. g And giue the world in one synoptick quill, Full proofe that he is Brittaine's Perspicill.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 87 It is manifest out of the experiment of the new Perspicils, that the Bodies of the Sunne and Iupiter haue at least a double motion.

1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere Pref. sig. a^v That the Galaxie is a Congeries of Numberless small Stars, was by the sole Perspicil of Reason, discovered by the Ancients.

a1727 I. Newton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1742) 42 156 View the Star through the Perspicil by the direct Light, and the Moon by the Reflext (or on the contrary).

1938 Isis 28 364 The telescope likewise was identified by a variety of names, among them..mathematician's perspicil, occhiale, specillum, and penicillium.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perspicil
释义	perspiciln. Brit. /ˈpəːspᵻsɪl/, U.S. /ˈpərspəˌsɪl/ Forms: 1600s perspicill, 1600s–1700s 1900s perspicil. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perspicillum. Etymology: < post-classical Latin perspicillum optical instrument, as a telescope or microscope (a1536 in Erasmus; c1608, 1686 in British sources) < classical Latin perspicere to see through (see perspective adj.) + -illum (see main sense). Now rare and historical. A lens; an optical instrument, as a telescope or microscope. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > lens > [noun] glass1545 optic1599 optic glass1607 perspicil1611 lenticular1658 spectacle-glass1682 lens1693 speculum1756 optical1944 lenslet1956 1611 S. Page in T. Coryate Crudities sig. g And giue the world in one synoptick quill, Full proofe that he is Brittaine's Perspicill. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated i. iv. 87 It is manifest out of the experiment of the new Perspicils, that the Bodies of the Sunne and Iupiter haue at least a double motion. 1675 E. Sherburne in tr. M. Manilius Sphere Pref. sig. a^v That the Galaxie is a Congeries of Numberless small Stars, was by the sole Perspicil of Reason, discovered by the Ancients. a1727 I. Newton in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1742) 42 156 View the Star through the Perspicil by the direct Light, and the Moon by the Reflext (or on the contrary). 1938 Isis 28 364 The telescope likewise was identified by a variety of names, among them..mathematician's perspicil, occhiale, specillum, and penicillium. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1611
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