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单词 uncapacious
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uncapaciousadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, capacious adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + capacious adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: uncaˈpacious.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] > of mind, thought, etc.
feeble1393
weak1423
unsubtlea1500
shallowc1595
uncapacious1635
unprofound1677
shoal1728
rickety1738
sicklya1771
inexcursive1837
no-brow1922
1635 T. Heywood Hierarchie Blessed Angells ii. 77 It is not fit..to enquire for that, which should we finde, Our limited and uncapacious minde Could not conceiue.
1661 O. Felltham Lett. xvii. 87 in Resolves (rev. ed.) The poor and uncapacious Vulgar think him to be such as they see.
1854 G. P. R. James Ticonderoga III. 81 The narrow-minded man, the man of an uncapacious soul.
a1859 T. De Quincey Posthumous Wks. (1891) I. 279 It is remarkable how mean, vulgar, and uncapacious has been the range of intellect in many first-rate Grecians.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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