unlucidadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈl(j)uːsɪd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈlusəd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, lucid adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + lucid adj.

Not lucid (in various senses); esp. unintelligible, obscure.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective]

darkOE

murka1400

cloudyc1400

mistyc1400

unclearc1400

obturate?a1425

obscure?a1439

unplain?c1535

obumbilatec1540

abstruse?1549

darksome1574

mysteriousa1586

obstruse1604

muddy1611

unperspicuous1634

clouded1641

imperspicuous1654

cramp1674

unlucid1711

abstract1725

opaque1761

obumbratory1799

darkling1813

sludgy1901

1711 Examiner 1 No. 50 It sometimes happens that I am either Sick, or Lazy, or Splenetick; and sometimes..I am Dull by design. In such unlucid Intervals it falls out, that three or four of my Papers are inferior to the rest.

?1760 H. Harrison Tragicomic, Heroical, Satyrical Burlesque Poem 23 Cascee came, And, with a ragged Smock stuck on a Torch, Unlucid, ask'd a Truce till Morn's Approach.

1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 583 The ambitious, academical, and sometimes unlucid manner of Chateaubriand.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. ix. 287 Rebuke which can still be read in growling, unlucid phraseology.

1911 Living Age 27 May 572/2 The result of some very cloudy and unlucid thinking.

1961 Star-News (Pasadena, Calif.) 8 June 25/1 The vast and sometimes unlucid briefs which go into the making of decisions.

2012 G. Obeyesekere Awakened Ones viii. 475 I sometimes think I have actually been on those journeys in my ordinary unlucid existence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unlucid
释义	unlucidadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈl(j)uːsɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈlusəd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, lucid adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + lucid adj. Not lucid (in various senses); esp. unintelligible, obscure. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] darkOE murka1400 cloudyc1400 mistyc1400 unclearc1400 obturate?a1425 obscure?a1439 unplain?c1535 obumbilatec1540 abstruse?1549 darksome1574 mysteriousa1586 obstruse1604 muddy1611 unperspicuous1634 clouded1641 imperspicuous1654 cramp1674 unlucid1711 abstract1725 opaque1761 obumbratory1799 darkling1813 sludgy1901 1711 Examiner 1 No. 50 It sometimes happens that I am either Sick, or Lazy, or Splenetick; and sometimes..I am Dull by design. In such unlucid Intervals it falls out, that three or four of my Papers are inferior to the rest. ?1760 H. Harrison Tragicomic, Heroical, Satyrical Burlesque Poem 23 Cascee came, And, with a ragged Smock stuck on a Torch, Unlucid, ask'd a Truce till Morn's Approach. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 583 The ambitious, academical, and sometimes unlucid manner of Chateaubriand. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. vii. ix. 287 Rebuke which can still be read in growling, unlucid phraseology. 1911 Living Age 27 May 572/2 The result of some very cloudy and unlucid thinking. 1961 Star-News (Pasadena, Calif.) 8 June 25/1 The vast and sometimes unlucid briefs which go into the making of decisions. 2012 G. Obeyesekere Awakened Ones viii. 475 I sometimes think I have actually been on those journeys in my ordinary unlucid existence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1711
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