indistinctadj.n.

/ɪndɪˈstɪŋkt/

Etymology: < Latin indistinctus, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + distinctus distinguished, distinct adj. and n.: compare French indistinct (1549 in R. Estienne).

1. Not distinct or distinguished from each other, or from something else; not kept separate or apart in the mind or perception; not clearly defined or marked off.In quot. 1871 with mixture of sense ‘Not distinguished or celebrated, without distinction’: cf distinct adj. 7.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adjective] > not discriminated

undistinct1534

promiscuous1570

muddy?1571

confounded1572

confuse1577

undistinguished1598

indistinct1604

indistinguished1608

confused1611

muddied1647

indiscriminate1649

indiscriminated1669

undiscriminated1768

unselect1826

unspecialized1874

1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 199 What shall I say of..three sacred persons in Trinitie, distinguished really, and yet indistinct essentially?

1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. Illustr. 18 The Gaules, Cimmerians, & Celts,..vnder indistinct names,..ouer-ran Italy, Greece, and part of Asia.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Indistinct, not distinguisht or known one from another.

1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. ix. 12 The rest of the candidates for distinction, finding themselves, after all their work, still indistinct, think it must be the fault of the police, and are riotous accordingly.]

2. In active sense, of judgement or action: Not distinguishing between different things; undiscriminating, indiscriminate. Now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

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

1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) iii. xxv. 144 Some in an indistinct voracity eating almost any, others out of a timorous preopinion, refraining very many.

1791 W. Gifford Baviad 64 Fools that, unconscious of the critic's laws, Rain in such show'rs their indistinct applause.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 15 The use of the relative and antecedent is more indistinct..than in the other writings of Plato.

a. Not seen or heard so as to be clearly distinguished or discerned, or to present a clear distinction of parts; confused, blurred; hence, faint, dim, obscure. (Also transferred, e.g. from speech to the speaker.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adjective]

smalleOE

stillc1000

softc1230

dim1398

lowc1400

obscure?a1450

basea1500

remiss1530

indistinct1589

demiss1646

faint1660

murmurant1669

faintish1712

slender1785

under1806

unclamorous1849

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > indistinct

dimc1000

blinda1398

undistingued1398

obscure?a1450

undistinct1495

shadowed1588

undistinguishable1600

shady1626

blear1637

filmed1637

indistinguishable1642

crepusculous1646

adumbrated1650

oblite1650

faint1660

monogrammous1678

blurred1701

faintish1712

wispya1717

adumbrant1727

muzzy1744

indistinct1764

fuzzy1778

misty1797

shadowy1797

undistinguished1814

woolly1815

vague1822

furzy1825

mystified1833

slurred1843

feeble1860

smudginga1861

filmy1864

smudgy1865

blurry1884

slurry1937

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iv. 61 The most laudable languages are alwaies most plaine and distinct, and the barbarous most confuse and indistinct.

1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 218 The city swarms intense. The publick haunt, Full of each theme, and warm with mixt discourse, Hums indistinct.

1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §22 (R.) According as they are more distant..their minute parts become more indistinct, and their outline less accurately defined.

1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion I. ii. iii The objects around them grew indistinct in the fading twilight.

1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. v. 247 He.. was awakened by the indistinct noise of the approaching multitude.

1887 Nature 21 Apr. 581/1 The Oldhamia is often indistinct.

b. Of the act of perception or mental impression, or a faculty by which something is perceived.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective]

bluntc1175

murkc1390

dulla1400

dulledc1480

thick1526

indistincta1530

dullen1602

unsharpened1620

obtundeda1644

muggy1824

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [adjective] > unclear

indistincta1530

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague

cloudyc1400

indeterminatec1400

diffuse1430

diffused?1456

obscure?a1475

infinite1520

ambiguous1529

indistincta1530

nubilous1533

dark1557

undetermined1588

undefinite1589

undeterminate1603

indetermined1611

undefined1611

suspense1624

umbrageous1635

clouded1641

undeterminated1641

fuliginous1646

implicit1660

vague1690

diffusive1709

nubilose1730

foggy1737

unliquidated1780

hazy1781

indecisive1815

nebulous1817

penumbral1819

aoristic1846

scumbled1868

nubiform1873

out-of-focus1891

fuzzy1937

soft focus1938

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxvi But this fayth..was not sufficyent: for it was imperfyte & indistincte.

1780 T. Francklin tr. Lucian True Hist. (1887) 135 We had a view, but confused and indistinct, of the Island of Dreams.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 239 Their views indeed were indistinct and dim.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 226 I have an indistinct recollection of his mentioning a complex Cretic rhythm.

c. as n. Something indistinctly perceived. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > indistinctness > thing

shadow1594

nebulosity1813

haze1820

shape1834

smudge1871

indistinct1880

1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. i. 14 The woman who had become the radiant indistinct in his desiring mind was one whom he knew to be of a shivery steadfastness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	indistinct
释义	indistinctadj.n. /ɪndɪˈstɪŋkt/ Etymology: < Latin indistinctus, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + distinctus distinguished, distinct adj. and n.: compare French indistinct (1549 in R. Estienne). 1. Not distinct or distinguished from each other, or from something else; not kept separate or apart in the mind or perception; not clearly defined or marked off.In quot. 1871 with mixture of sense ‘Not distinguished or celebrated, without distinction’: cf distinct adj. 7. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adjective] > not discriminated undistinct1534 promiscuous1570 muddy?1571 confounded1572 confuse1577 undistinguished1598 indistinct1604 indistinguished1608 confused1611 muddied1647 indiscriminate1649 indiscriminated1669 undiscriminated1768 unselect1826 unspecialized1874 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 199 What shall I say of..three sacred persons in Trinitie, distinguished really, and yet indistinct essentially? 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. Illustr. 18 The Gaules, Cimmerians, & Celts,..vnder indistinct names,..ouer-ran Italy, Greece, and part of Asia. 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Indistinct, not distinguisht or known one from another. 1871 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera I. ix. 12 The rest of the candidates for distinction, finding themselves, after all their work, still indistinct, think it must be the fault of the police, and are riotous accordingly.] 2. In active sense, of judgement or action: Not distinguishing between different things; undiscriminating, indiscriminate. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ 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 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) iii. xxv. 144 Some in an indistinct voracity eating almost any, others out of a timorous preopinion, refraining very many. 1791 W. Gifford Baviad 64 Fools that, unconscious of the critic's laws, Rain in such show'rs their indistinct applause. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 15 The use of the relative and antecedent is more indistinct..than in the other writings of Plato. 3. a. Not seen or heard so as to be clearly distinguished or discerned, or to present a clear distinction of parts; confused, blurred; hence, faint, dim, obscure. (Also transferred, e.g. from speech to the speaker.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adjective] smalleOE stillc1000 softc1230 dim1398 lowc1400 obscure?a1450 basea1500 remiss1530 indistinct1589 demiss1646 faint1660 murmurant1669 faintish1712 slender1785 under1806 unclamorous1849 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > indistinct dimc1000 blinda1398 undistingued1398 obscure?a1450 undistinct1495 shadowed1588 undistinguishable1600 shady1626 blear1637 filmed1637 indistinguishable1642 crepusculous1646 adumbrated1650 oblite1650 faint1660 monogrammous1678 blurred1701 faintish1712 wispya1717 adumbrant1727 muzzy1744 indistinct1764 fuzzy1778 misty1797 shadowy1797 undistinguished1814 woolly1815 vague1822 furzy1825 mystified1833 slurred1843 feeble1860 smudginga1861 filmy1864 smudgy1865 blurry1884 slurry1937 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iv. 61 The most laudable languages are alwaies most plaine and distinct, and the barbarous most confuse and indistinct. 1730 J. Thomson Winter in Seasons 218 The city swarms intense. The publick haunt, Full of each theme, and warm with mixt discourse, Hums indistinct. 1764 T. Reid Inq. Human Mind vi. §22 (R.) According as they are more distant..their minute parts become more indistinct, and their outline less accurately defined. 1839 H. W. Longfellow Hyperion I. ii. iii The objects around them grew indistinct in the fading twilight. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. v. 247 He.. was awakened by the indistinct noise of the approaching multitude. 1887 Nature 21 Apr. 581/1 The Oldhamia is often indistinct. b. Of the act of perception or mental impression, or a faculty by which something is perceived. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > dullness of sense perception > [adjective] bluntc1175 murkc1390 dulla1400 dulledc1480 thick1526 indistincta1530 dullen1602 unsharpened1620 obtundeda1644 muggy1824 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > absence of perception > [adjective] > unclear indistincta1530 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague cloudyc1400 indeterminatec1400 diffuse1430 diffused?1456 obscure?a1475 infinite1520 ambiguous1529 indistincta1530 nubilous1533 dark1557 undetermined1588 undefinite1589 undeterminate1603 indetermined1611 undefined1611 suspense1624 umbrageous1635 clouded1641 undeterminated1641 fuliginous1646 implicit1660 vague1690 diffusive1709 nubilose1730 foggy1737 unliquidated1780 hazy1781 indecisive1815 nebulous1817 penumbral1819 aoristic1846 scumbled1868 nubiform1873 out-of-focus1891 fuzzy1937 soft focus1938 a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxvi But this fayth..was not sufficyent: for it was imperfyte & indistincte. 1780 T. Francklin tr. Lucian True Hist. (1887) 135 We had a view, but confused and indistinct, of the Island of Dreams. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 239 Their views indeed were indistinct and dim. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 226 I have an indistinct recollection of his mentioning a complex Cretic rhythm. c. as n. Something indistinctly perceived. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > indistinctness > thing shadow1594 nebulosity1813 haze1820 shape1834 smudge1871 indistinct1880 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. i. 14 The woman who had become the radiant indistinct in his desiring mind was one whom he knew to be of a shivery steadfastness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.a1530
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