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单词 desight
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desightn.

Brit. /ˌdiːˈsʌɪt/, U.S. /ˌdiˈsaɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: de- prefix, sight n.1
Etymology: < de- prefix + sight n.1, perhaps originally arising from a variant or misapprehension of dissight n. Compare desightment n.The following quot. probably does not show an earlier example of this word; it may show a misprint for despight, variant of despite n.:1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. 239 [If he] come sodainly to be pold or shauen, it will seeme onely to himselfe, a deshight and very vndecent.
Now rare.
Something unsightly; something ugly to look at, an eyesore.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > ugliness > [noun] > ugly thing
eyesore1530
blind side1606
dissightc1710
ugly1755
desight1828
eye-sorrow1828
sight1862
a blot (up)on the landscape1912
to be no oil painting1919
1828 [implied in: Farrier & Naturalist June 278 There is an effect produced by the cantharides on the skin of the horse..which sometimes does not subside for many weeks, being a great desightment. (at desightment n.)].
1829 Gentleman's Mag. May 408/2 The word desight is sometimes heard in conversation, as applied to whatever interferes with the uniformity, symmetry, or beauty, of any object. Thus the spire of St. Ann's, Soho, is a desight to that church.
1859 C. M. Yonge Cameos l, in Monthly Packet May 450 Three emeralds, three pearls, and one large rough pebble, which was such a desight to the others, that [etc.].
1906 Trans. Manch. Assoc. Engineers Jan. 74 Many attempts have been made to replace the overhead system by one avoiding what is often considered a desight and danger, when conductors, span and guard wires are suspended in the air.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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