prospicientadj.

Brit.

/prəˈspɪʃnt/, U.S.

/prəˈspɪʃ(ə)nt/,

/prɑˈspɪʃ(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōspicient-, prōspiciēns.

Etymology: < classical Latin prōspicient-, prōspiciēns provident, cautious, use as adjective of present participle of prōspicere to look forward (see prospect n.). Compare earlier prospicience n.

rare.

Having or exercising foresight; provident.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [adjective]

purveyable?a1425

pensivec1425

providenta1450

provide?a1475

purveyanta1500

prospective1581

prospecting1602

provisional1603

providentiala1646

provisionary1647

prospicient1654

provisive1677

forethoughtful1809

far-seeing1837

provisory1843

1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. xliii. 503 But fortune prospicient to the Original of Rome, did provide a Woolf to give suck to the children.

1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt II. xvi. 20 The second [reason] is most refined, abstract, prospicient, and canonical.

1935 J. Laird Enq. Moral Notions iii. 44 The principle of this explanation should include not only the ‘natural’ and ‘spontaneous’ expression of a friendly spirit but also its planned and astute expression if the friend be intelligently prospicient.

1971 A. Hailey Wheels xvii. 233 Hoping—like prospicient Cinderellas—that magic in some form will touch their minds.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prospicient
释义	prospicientadj. Brit. /prəˈspɪʃnt/, U.S. /prəˈspɪʃ(ə)nt/, /prɑˈspɪʃ(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prōspicient-, prōspiciēns. Etymology: < classical Latin prōspicient-, prōspiciēns provident, cautious, use as adjective of present participle of prōspicere to look forward (see prospect n.). Compare earlier prospicience n. rare. Having or exercising foresight; provident. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [adjective] purveyable?a1425 pensivec1425 providenta1450 provide?a1475 purveyanta1500 prospective1581 prospecting1602 provisional1603 providentiala1646 provisionary1647 prospicient1654 provisive1677 forethoughtful1809 far-seeing1837 provisory1843 1654 R. Codrington tr. Justinus Hist. xliii. 503 But fortune prospicient to the Original of Rome, did provide a Woolf to give suck to the children. 1817 T. L. Peacock Melincourt II. xvi. 20 The second [reason] is most refined, abstract, prospicient, and canonical. 1935 J. Laird Enq. Moral Notions iii. 44 The principle of this explanation should include not only the ‘natural’ and ‘spontaneous’ expression of a friendly spirit but also its planned and astute expression if the friend be intelligently prospicient. 1971 A. Hailey Wheels xvii. 233 Hoping—like prospicient Cinderellas—that magic in some form will touch their minds. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1654
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