unperspicuousadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnpəˈspɪkjʊəs/, U.S.

/ˌənpərˈspɪkjəwəs/

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

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + perspicuous adj.

Not perspicuous; esp. not easily seen or understood; obscure, opaque, unclear.

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

1634 F. Hickes tr. Lucian True Hist. in tr. Lucian Certaine Sel. Dialogues 142 A little after appeared the Isle of Dreames neare unto us, an obscure countrie, and unperspicuous to the eie [Gk. ἀσαϕὴς ἰδεῖν].

1759 J. Maclaurin Observ. Points of Law xviii. 50 The solution of the question..is extremely ingenious and subtile, and at the same time solid, but expressed in very dark and unperspicuous terms.

1818 A. Ranken Hist. France IV. iii. iv. 312 Their unclassical, often barbarous, and unperspicuous Latin.

1834 R. Southey Let. in Corr. R. Southey with C. Bowles (1881) 294 Is not that evidence..of its exuberant fancy, its richness of diction, unperspicuous as it is.

1968 G. Iseminger Introd. Deductive Logic v. 24 Instead of blanks, which quickly become clumsy and unperspicuous, we shall use lower-case letters.

1999 Noûs 33 214 An obvious truth may be expressed in an unperspicuous formulation and may then not initially seem obvious.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unperspicuous
释义	unperspicuousadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnpəˈspɪkjʊəs/, U.S. /ˌənpərˈspɪkjəwəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, perspicuous adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + perspicuous adj. Not perspicuous; esp. not easily seen or understood; obscure, opaque, unclear. 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 1634 F. Hickes tr. Lucian True Hist. in tr. Lucian Certaine Sel. Dialogues 142 A little after appeared the Isle of Dreames neare unto us, an obscure countrie, and unperspicuous to the eie [Gk. ἀσαϕὴς ἰδεῖν]. 1759 J. Maclaurin Observ. Points of Law xviii. 50 The solution of the question..is extremely ingenious and subtile, and at the same time solid, but expressed in very dark and unperspicuous terms. 1818 A. Ranken Hist. France IV. iii. iv. 312 Their unclassical, often barbarous, and unperspicuous Latin. 1834 R. Southey Let. in Corr. R. Southey with C. Bowles (1881) 294 Is not that evidence..of its exuberant fancy, its richness of diction, unperspicuous as it is. 1968 G. Iseminger Introd. Deductive Logic v. 24 Instead of blanks, which quickly become clumsy and unperspicuous, we shall use lower-case letters. 1999 Noûs 33 214 An obvious truth may be expressed in an unperspicuous formulation and may then not initially seem obvious. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1634
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