单词 | eptitude |
释义 | > as lemmasˈeptitude ˈeptitude n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or adroitness subtletyc1300 sleightc1385 subtiltyc1405 subtilityc1415 facility1532 handsomeness1550 address?1577 neatnessa1627 adroitness1683 hability1840 deftness1853 niftiness1878 slickness1895 eptitude1967 1967 New Yorker 11 Mar. 133/1 At the start of a season, the custom milliners are always full of ertia and eptitude—an attitude that I parage. 1970 Guardian 3 Nov. 11/1 The Foreign Secretary has a deserved reputation for being an accident prone speechmaker, and his eptitude—if that is a word—is sometimes questionable. 1978 Observer 29 Jan. 4/8 The affair..has contributed to what has been called his ‘eptitude problem’: his ability, when he is wrong-footed, to extricate himself cleanly from the resulting mess. < as lemmas |
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