单词 | uncapacious |
释义 | uncapaciousadj. (un- prefix1 1.) ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1635 |
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