imperspicuityn.

Brit.

/ɪmˌpəːspᵻˈkjuːᵻti/, U.S.

/ᵻmˌpərspəˈkjuədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: im- prefix², perspicuity n.

Etymology: < im- prefix² + perspicuity n.Compare post-classical Latin imperspicuitas (13th cent. in a British source).

Lack of perspicuity or clarity, esp. in speech or writing; obscurity, opacity.Apparently not recorded in the 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [noun]

difficultyc1405

mistiheadc1425

darknessc1450

obscureness1509

obscuritya1522

unclearness1574

unplainness1619

abstruseness1628

umbragec1642

abstrusity1649

imperspicuity1659

reconditeness1779

mistiness1816

crampness1840

recondity1856

1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory 98 In some things hazard the imperspicuity of his stile.

1688 R. H. Second Treat. First Part Anc. Church-govt. 61 This imperspicuity of them in the Scriptures argues the more need in them of Guides.

1832 O. A. Taylor tr. F. V. Reinhard Mem. & Confessions i. viii. 54 I was sensible of the impossibility of avoiding..speaking with imperspicuity and indefiniteness.

1879 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 10 Nov. 2/6 Such a course will be more effective than half-a-dozen volumes of official gibble-gabble and verbose imperspicuity.

1932 Kossuth County (Algona, Iowa) Advance 4 Aug. 4/3 Jocular references to the imperspicuity of certain contemporary writers.

1996 Women's Rev. Bks. 14 4/3 The new and apparently exciting concepts she refers to are accessible only to those with a postgraduate degree majoring in the deconstruction of incomprehensibility and imperspicuity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	imperspicuity
释义	imperspicuityn. Brit. /ɪmˌpəːspᵻˈkjuːᵻti/, U.S. /ᵻmˌpərspəˈkjuədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: im- prefix², perspicuity n. Etymology: < im- prefix² + perspicuity n.Compare post-classical Latin imperspicuitas (13th cent. in a British source). Lack of perspicuity or clarity, esp. in speech or writing; obscurity, opacity.Apparently not recorded in the 18th cent. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [noun] difficultyc1405 mistiheadc1425 darknessc1450 obscureness1509 obscuritya1522 unclearness1574 unplainness1619 abstruseness1628 umbragec1642 abstrusity1649 imperspicuity1659 reconditeness1779 mistiness1816 crampness1840 recondity1856 1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory 98 In some things hazard the imperspicuity of his stile. 1688 R. H. Second Treat. First Part Anc. Church-govt. 61 This imperspicuity of them in the Scriptures argues the more need in them of Guides. 1832 O. A. Taylor tr. F. V. Reinhard Mem. & Confessions i. viii. 54 I was sensible of the impossibility of avoiding..speaking with imperspicuity and indefiniteness. 1879 Aberdeen Weekly Jrnl. 10 Nov. 2/6 Such a course will be more effective than half-a-dozen volumes of official gibble-gabble and verbose imperspicuity. 1932 Kossuth County (Algona, Iowa) Advance 4 Aug. 4/3 Jocular references to the imperspicuity of certain contemporary writers. 1996 Women's Rev. Bks. 14 4/3 The new and apparently exciting concepts she refers to are accessible only to those with a postgraduate degree majoring in the deconstruction of incomprehensibility and imperspicuity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1659
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