perspicableadj.

Brit.

/ˈpəːspɪkəbl/, U.S.

/ˈpərspəkəb(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perspicabilis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin perspicabilis visible, remarkable (4th cent.), (also) shrewd, perspicacious (6th cent.) < classical Latin perspicere to see through, look closely into, discern, perceive (see perspective adj.) + -ābilis -able suffix, after e.g. post-classical Latin conspicabilis conspicable adj. ( < classical Latin conspicārī beside conspicere).

†1. That can be seen through; transparent. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adjective]

shireOE

brightOE

through-shineOE

cleanc1040

cleara1400

transparent1413

crystalc1425

crystallinec1425

crystal-clear?a1439

pure1481

perspicuatea1500

beryl1508

through-shining1526

diaphane1561

thorough-seeable1562

pellucid1563

sheer1565

translucent1568

liquid1590

tralucent?1592

perspicuous1599

thorough light1601

diaphanic1614

diaphanous1614

perspicable1615

translucid1615

diaphanal1616

lucid1620

diaphaned1626

transpicuous1638

perlucid1647

dioptrical1760

dioptric1801

unconcealing1804

see-through1851

pellucent1886

pool-clear1924

1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 5 in Blacke Devill This is mare vitreum, a Sea of glasse; more cleare, perspicable, and transparent.

1654 N. Culpeper tr. S. Partlitz New Method of Physick iii. i. 132 The first Matter of al things is a certain great Mystery, not perspicable to Sense, which contains in it something after an hidden and invisible way.

1681 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Ess. Pathol. Brain viii. 54 In those kinde of bodies, the blood was apt to be more waterish, and less perspicable.

2. Capable of being seen; in view; visible. rare after 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective]

i-seyenlyeOE

iseneOE

senec1175

seyelyc1225

visiblea1340

seena1398

sighty1398

seeablea1425

spectablec1440

sightfulc1480

sightly1532

appearingc1550

discernable1561

eyely1561

discoverable1572

spectible1581

observable1589

visive1598

aspectable1612

observant1615

perspicable1621

perspiculative1623

remarkable1623

eyeable1633

visory1633

appearable1651

dignoscible1671

discernible1678

traceable1748

noticeable1753

visual1757

distinguishable1762

1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis iii. 85 In midst of all the spacious Mountaine stood A perspicable Champain, fring'd with Wood.

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 237 Eight parts, which are all perspicable from the middle station of the Town.

1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 151 There be but nineteen Pillars at this day extant, yet the fractures and bases of other one and twenty more are perspicable.

1850 S. Judd Philo 95 What light like an intense but veiled fire Appeared, as we came down the gully? What That perspicable brimstone?

1980 Shakespeare Q. 31 329 J. E. Springarn summarizes the rationale for the dramatic unities in words which could almost equally well apply to perspicable unity in the visual arts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	perspicable
释义	perspicableadj. Brit. /ˈpəːspɪkəbl/, U.S. /ˈpərspəkəb(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perspicabilis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin perspicabilis visible, remarkable (4th cent.), (also) shrewd, perspicacious (6th cent.) < classical Latin perspicere to see through, look closely into, discern, perceive (see perspective adj.) + -ābilis -able suffix, after e.g. post-classical Latin conspicabilis conspicable adj. ( < classical Latin conspicārī beside conspicere). †1. That can be seen through; transparent. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adjective] shireOE brightOE through-shineOE cleanc1040 cleara1400 transparent1413 crystalc1425 crystallinec1425 crystal-clear?a1439 pure1481 perspicuatea1500 beryl1508 through-shining1526 diaphane1561 thorough-seeable1562 pellucid1563 sheer1565 translucent1568 liquid1590 tralucent?1592 perspicuous1599 thorough light1601 diaphanic1614 diaphanous1614 perspicable1615 translucid1615 diaphanal1616 lucid1620 diaphaned1626 transpicuous1638 perlucid1647 dioptrical1760 dioptric1801 unconcealing1804 see-through1851 pellucent1886 pool-clear1924 1615 T. Adams Spirituall Nauigator 5 in Blacke Devill This is mare vitreum, a Sea of glasse; more cleare, perspicable, and transparent. 1654 N. Culpeper tr. S. Partlitz New Method of Physick iii. i. 132 The first Matter of al things is a certain great Mystery, not perspicable to Sense, which contains in it something after an hidden and invisible way. 1681 S. Pordage tr. T. Willis Ess. Pathol. Brain viii. 54 In those kinde of bodies, the blood was apt to be more waterish, and less perspicable. 2. Capable of being seen; in view; visible. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] i-seyenlyeOE iseneOE senec1175 seyelyc1225 visiblea1340 seena1398 sighty1398 seeablea1425 spectablec1440 sightfulc1480 sightly1532 appearingc1550 discernable1561 eyely1561 discoverable1572 spectible1581 observable1589 visive1598 aspectable1612 observant1615 perspicable1621 perspiculative1623 remarkable1623 eyeable1633 visory1633 appearable1651 dignoscible1671 discernible1678 traceable1748 noticeable1753 visual1757 distinguishable1762 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis iii. 85 In midst of all the spacious Mountaine stood A perspicable Champain, fring'd with Wood. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 237 Eight parts, which are all perspicable from the middle station of the Town. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 151 There be but nineteen Pillars at this day extant, yet the fractures and bases of other one and twenty more are perspicable. 1850 S. Judd Philo 95 What light like an intense but veiled fire Appeared, as we came down the gully? What That perspicable brimstone? 1980 Shakespeare Q. 31 329 J. E. Springarn summarizes the rationale for the dramatic unities in words which could almost equally well apply to perspicable unity in the visual arts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1615
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