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单词 imperceiverant
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imperceiverantadj.

Brit. /ˌɪmpəˈsiːv(ə)rənt/, /ˌɪmpəˈsiːv(ə)rn̩t/, U.S. /ˌɪmpərˈsivərənt/
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English imperseuerant.
Etymology: An editorial emendation of imperseuerant in Shakespeare's Cymbeline (see quot. a1616 at imperseverant adj., and compare discussion at that entry and the note below), as if < im- prefix2 + perceiver v. + -ant suffix1; occasionally taken up by later writers. Compare earlier imperceptive adj., unperceiving adj.
rare.
Lacking in perception; imperceptive (of something).Quot. 1844 shows Dyce's suggested emendation of imperseverant in Shakespeare's Cymbeline: see quot. a1616 at imperseverant adj. and discussion at that entry.
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the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adjective]
blinda1400
unchoosinga1586
undiscerning1589
unrespective1609
irrespecting1625
promiscuous1633
incurious1645
indistinct1650
irrespective1650
uncritical1659
indiscerning1664
undistinguishing1665
undistinguishable1702
unrefining1735
indiscriminating1754
undiscriminating1776
indiscriminate1792
unfastidious1816
rough1819
lumping1827
indistinguishing1828
unparticularizing1828
farraginous1837
imperceiverant1844
scattergun1845
undistinctive1851
indiscriminative1854
unselecting1895
scattershot1961
1844 A. Dyce Remarks on Collier's & Knight's Eds. of Shakespeare 258 The right reading [of imperseverant] (according to modern orthography) is undoubtedly ‘this imperceiverant thing’, i.e. ‘this thing without the power of perceiving my superiority to Posthumus’.
1906 N.Y. Times 18 Mar. 10/6 His mind is imperceiverant, and therefore incapable of dreaming dreams while awake.
2002 G. E. Clarke Odysseys Home 68 Philip is imperceiverant of the existence of early African-Canadian texts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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