incapaciousadj.

/ɪnkəˈpeɪʃəs/

Etymology: < Latin incapāx, incapāci- + -ous suffix: compare Italian incapace and capacious adj.

Not capacious; the opposite of capacious.

a. Not of sufficient size to take in or contain something; not having space or room.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [adjective] > confined, restricted, or insufficiently spacious

narroweOE

straitc1290

unwidea1400

scanta1533

angust1540

roomless1548

pinched?1567

niggard1595

strict1598

straitened1602

pinching1607

incommodious1615

incapacious1635

over-strait1645

straiteninga1652

cramp1786

bottleneck1854

cramped1884

tight1937

claustrophobic1946

claustrophobe1954

1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie App. 11 These my Letters are incapacious for mee to set downe at large the reasons.

b. Not able to contain much; not spacious or roomy; narrow, limited. (literal and figurative.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [adjective] > confined, restricted, or insufficiently spacious > not capacious

incapacious1668

sidea1825

1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 4 The momentary pleasure of narrow and incapacious sense.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. Pref. sig. a^v Souls that are made little and incapacious cannot enlarge their thoughts to take in any great compass of Times or Things.

a. Unable to comprehend or apprehend; not having mental capacity for something. Const. of; also formerly with infinitive.

ΚΠ

1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell ii. sig. D3^v Can Art be so dimsighted, learned sir? I did not thinke her so incapacious.

1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 80 Buzzing them into popular eares and capacities, incapacious of them.

1652 W. Hartley Infant-baptism 10 [He] was incapacious to comprehend a rule or law.

1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia I. 290 The minds of them all..however incapacious, are carried to the utmost pitch of enthusiasm.

b. absol. Deficient in mental capacity or ability.

ΚΠ

1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 321 Nature has doom'd him among the incapacious and silly.

Derivatives

incaˈpaciousness n. the quality of being incapacious, want of capacity.In Johnson, Todd, etc.

ΚΠ

1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	incapacious
释义	incapaciousadj. /ɪnkəˈpeɪʃəs/ Etymology: < Latin incapāx, incapāci- + -ous suffix: compare Italian incapace and capacious adj. Not capacious; the opposite of capacious. 1. a. Not of sufficient size to take in or contain something; not having space or room. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > confined, restricted, or insufficiently spacious narroweOE straitc1290 unwidea1400 scanta1533 angust1540 roomless1548 pinched?1567 niggard1595 strict1598 straitened1602 pinching1607 incommodious1615 incapacious1635 over-strait1645 straiteninga1652 cramp1786 bottleneck1854 cramped1884 tight1937 claustrophobic1946 claustrophobe1954 1635 E. Pagitt Christianographie App. 11 These my Letters are incapacious for mee to set downe at large the reasons. b. Not able to contain much; not spacious or roomy; narrow, limited. (literal and figurative.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > confined, restricted, or insufficiently spacious > not capacious incapacious1668 sidea1825 1668 J. Howe Blessedness of Righteous Disc. (1825) 4 The momentary pleasure of narrow and incapacious sense. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth i. Pref. sig. a^v Souls that are made little and incapacious cannot enlarge their thoughts to take in any great compass of Times or Things. 2. a. Unable to comprehend or apprehend; not having mental capacity for something. Const. of; also formerly with infinitive. ΚΠ 1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell ii. sig. D3^v Can Art be so dimsighted, learned sir? I did not thinke her so incapacious. 1625 R. Montagu Appello Cæsarem 80 Buzzing them into popular eares and capacities, incapacious of them. 1652 W. Hartley Infant-baptism 10 [He] was incapacious to comprehend a rule or law. 1836 W. S. Landor Pericles & Aspasia I. 290 The minds of them all..however incapacious, are carried to the utmost pitch of enthusiasm. b. absol. Deficient in mental capacity or ability. ΚΠ 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 321 Nature has doom'd him among the incapacious and silly. Derivatives incaˈpaciousness n. the quality of being incapacious, want of capacity.In Johnson, Todd, etc. ΚΠ 1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1617
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