five wits: usually, the five (bodily) senses; often vaguely, the perceptions or mental faculties generally, = wits (in sense 3c or 4b). Also…
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| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > intellect > [noun] > intellectual powers (10) five witsc1200 five wits: usually, the five (bodily) senses; often vaguely, the perceptions or mental faculties generally, = wits (in sense 3c or 4b). Also… wits1362 plural. Mental faculties, intellectual powers (of a single person or a number of persons: cf. 2b); often practically equivalent to the singular in… inwitc1380 plural. (See quot. 1380.) spiritsc1450 In plural. Reflective or perceptive faculties; mental powers; senses, wits. Obsolete. fifteen wits1606 five wits: usually, the five (bodily) senses; often vaguely, the perceptions or mental faculties generally, = wits (in sense 3c or 4b). Also… intellectuals1615 In plural. Intellectual faculties; mental powers; senses, wits; = intellect, n. 1c. Now archaic or Scottish. intellects1649 In plural. Intellectual powers; mental faculties; senses, wits. Now archaic and rare. furniture1788 Apparatus, appliances, or instruments for work. immaterial; esp. Of intellectual faculties, or aptitudes; now only with mental or some equivalent… plant1861 In extended and figurative use: any kind of resource or apparatus used in intellectual or spiritual work. marbles1902 In plural. colloquial (originally North American). Mental faculties; brains; common sense. Usually in to lose one's marbles, to have (also not have) a… |
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