perspicuityn.

Brit.

/ˌpəːspᵻˈkjuːᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌpərspəˈkjuədi/

Forms: late Middle English perspicuyte, late Middle English perspycuitie, 1500s perspicuite, 1500s–1600s perspicuitie, 1500s– perspicuity, 1600s perspicuitye.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin perspicuitās transparency, lucidity, quality or fact of being self-evident, in post-classical Latin also penetration, insight (5th cent.) < perspicuus clear, evident (see perspicuous adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French perspicuité transparency (c1390), ability to penetrate to the truth through that which obscures it (end of the 15th cent.), clarity or sharpness of ideas or style (1538). With sense 3 compare also perspicacity n.

a. Transparency, translucence. rare after 18th cent.

ΘΚΠ

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

diaphanity1477

perspicuitya1500

sheerness1587

transparence1594

translucency1598

tralucency1599

transparency1615

clarity1616

pellucidity1642

diaphaneity1660

pellucidness1684

clearness1692

translucidity1694

translucidness1727

transparentness1727

translucence1755

see-through1954

a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1155 (MED) Your chyef Materialle..is..A stone glitiryng with perspicuyte, Beyng of wondirful diaphanyte.

1594 H. Plat Jewell House 4 Glasses through whose perspicuitie..one may discern weekly in what plight they are.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 609 Pretious stones which are commended for their perspicuity and transparent clearenesse.

1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 122 The aqueous Humor of the Eye..hath the Perspicuity and Fluidity of common Water.

1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 35 To declare in what Manner Perspicuity or Opacity happens in Stones.

1787 G. Grieve tr. F. J. Chatellux Trav. N. Amer. II. 380 Leave owls and bats to flutter in the doubtful perspicuity of a feeble twilight.

1936 Osiris 2 346 The completed elixir has the form and appearance of a stone, with little perspicuity and a deep yellow colour.

b. figurative. In speech, writing, etc.: clearness of statement or exposition; lucidity.

ΘΚΠ

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

plainnessc1475

perspicuity?1529

lightsomeness1581

dilucidity1603

transparency1615

clarity1616

limpitude1623

perspicuousness1697

lucidness1836

lucidity1851

pellucidity1868

limpidity1870

limpidness1870

clear-cutness1871

luminousness1873

clearness1885

?1529 R. Hyrde in tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman Ep. Ded. sig. Aii That I were able in our englysshe tonge, to gyue this boke as much perspicuite, light, lyfe, fauour, grace, and quickenes.

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. x The perfection of an History resteth in matter and wordes... The tenor of the wordes asketh a brief perspicuite.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 8 The translation of the Seuentie dissenteth from the Originall in many places, neither doeth it come neere it, for perspicuitie, grauitie, majestie.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 55 Continuity of parts, is the cause of perspicuity .

1693 J. Dennis Miscellanies Pref. sig. a8^v I never can be persuaded that succinctness can be a fault in writing, unless it be destructive of perspicuity.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 2. ⁋3 The Perspicuity of his Discourse gives the same Pleasure that Wit would in another Man.

1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments iv. §i. i. 338 The singular and happy talent of treating the abstrusest subjects not only with the most perfect perspicuity, but with the most lively eloquence.

1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 200 There is nothing more desirable in composition than perspicuity; and in perspicuity precision is included.

1896 A. R. White Youth's Educator xix. 251 Purity, propriety and precision, chiefly in regard to words and phrases; and perspicuity, unity and strength in regard to sentences.

1956 J. Whatmough Lang. 42 There is an inverse relationship between frequency of occurrence and the comparative perspicuity that accompanies the utilization of a speech-utterance.

1991 H. Blamires Hist. Lit. Crit. (BNC) 132 Unnaturalness and affectation may detract from perspicuity, and Addison finds Shakespeare sometimes guilty in this respect.

†2. Conspicuousness; distinctness to the sight. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > state of being clearly visible > conspicuousness

perspicuity1578

appearance1591

conspicuity1601

conspicuosity1632

conspicuousness1851

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 8 Both Sistole, and Diastole of the brayne, most euident, and with pleasaunt perspicuitie..is to be discerned.

1609 B. Jonson Masque of Queens in Wks. (1616) 575/2 After it, succeeded their third dance... Wherein, beside that principal grace of perspicuity, the motions were so even and apt [etc.].

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 88 A high imperious mountaine..eminent for height and perspicuitie.

1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1024 You shall see distinctly the colours of the Choroeides, [etc.].., with so much perspicuity that you cannot even discern, whether there be a Retina beyond the Vitreous humour or no.

1789 B. Franklin Let. to N. Webster 26 Dec. in Wks. (1793) II. 87 The much greater degree of perspicuity given by black [printing] than by the grey.

1833 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1815–30 2 354 The author has seen..the scales upon a Gnat's wing, with a degree of delicate perspicuity not attainable with any other microscope he has tried.

3. Mental penetration; insight; = perspicacity n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > clarity

knowledgea1398

perspiciencec1450

clearness1535

perspicacity1548

insightc1580

perspective?a1586

subtileness1591

perspicacy1600

clarity1616

quicksightedness1625

perspicuity1662

clear-sightednessa1691

perspicaciousness1727

percipiency1845

far-sightedness1846

clairvoyance1861

X-ray scrutiny1896

1662 J. Gauden Let. 1 May in C. Wordsworth Documentary Suppl. (1825) 37 There are no eyes I more justly dread than your's for the acuteness and perspicuity, yet none to which I more willingly present..myself, and what I do.

1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 458 When the Pupil can read the Alcoran with perspicuity.

1720 T. Gordon & J. Trenchard Independent Whig No. 11 It may well be expected from Persons of their Penetration and Perspicuity.

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer i. 13 She [sc. Nature] has given you besides some perspicuity, which qualifies you to distinguish interesting objects.

1806 H. Siddons Maid, Wife, & Widow III. 211 That worthy man could read hearts with great perspicuity.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xv. 142 Mr. Wegg made a smiling demonstration of great perspicuity here.

1938 Z. Grey Raiders Spanish Peaks iii. 50 She had dealt with thousands of men while bookkeeper in her father's ship-chandler and general merchandise, and her intuition never went wrong if her perspicuity sometimes was amiss.

1991 S. T. Haymon Very Particular Murder (BNC) 201 I congratulate myself on my own perspicuity.

2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Feb. t12 An ecological poet who celebrated the California wilderness with great perspicuity.

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

单词	perspicuity
释义	perspicuityn. Brit. /ˌpəːspᵻˈkjuːᵻti/, U.S. /ˌpərspəˈkjuədi/ Forms: late Middle English perspicuyte, late Middle English perspycuitie, 1500s perspicuite, 1500s–1600s perspicuitie, 1500s– perspicuity, 1600s perspicuitye. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin perspicuitās. Etymology: < classical Latin perspicuitās transparency, lucidity, quality or fact of being self-evident, in post-classical Latin also penetration, insight (5th cent.) < perspicuus clear, evident (see perspicuous adj.) + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French, French perspicuité transparency (c1390), ability to penetrate to the truth through that which obscures it (end of the 15th cent.), clarity or sharpness of ideas or style (1538). With sense 3 compare also perspicacity n. 1. a. Transparency, translucence. rare after 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun] diaphanity1477 perspicuitya1500 sheerness1587 transparence1594 translucency1598 tralucency1599 transparency1615 clarity1616 pellucidity1642 diaphaneity1660 pellucidness1684 clearness1692 translucidity1694 translucidness1727 transparentness1727 translucence1755 see-through1954 a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 1155 (MED) Your chyef Materialle..is..A stone glitiryng with perspicuyte, Beyng of wondirful diaphanyte. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 4 Glasses through whose perspicuitie..one may discern weekly in what plight they are. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 609 Pretious stones which are commended for their perspicuity and transparent clearenesse. 1692 J. Ray Wisdom of God (ed. 2) ii. 122 The aqueous Humor of the Eye..hath the Perspicuity and Fluidity of common Water. 1750 tr. C. Leonardus Mirror of Stones 35 To declare in what Manner Perspicuity or Opacity happens in Stones. 1787 G. Grieve tr. F. J. Chatellux Trav. N. Amer. II. 380 Leave owls and bats to flutter in the doubtful perspicuity of a feeble twilight. 1936 Osiris 2 346 The completed elixir has the form and appearance of a stone, with little perspicuity and a deep yellow colour. b. figurative. In speech, writing, etc.: clearness of statement or exposition; lucidity. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [noun] plainnessc1475 perspicuity?1529 lightsomeness1581 dilucidity1603 transparency1615 clarity1616 limpitude1623 perspicuousness1697 lucidness1836 lucidity1851 pellucidity1868 limpidity1870 limpidness1870 clear-cutness1871 luminousness1873 clearness1885 ?1529 R. Hyrde in tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman Ep. Ded. sig. Aii That I were able in our englysshe tonge, to gyue this boke as much perspicuite, light, lyfe, fauour, grace, and quickenes. 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke i. x The perfection of an History resteth in matter and wordes... The tenor of the wordes asketh a brief perspicuite. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 8 The translation of the Seuentie dissenteth from the Originall in many places, neither doeth it come neere it, for perspicuitie, grauitie, majestie. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. i. 55 Continuity of parts, is the cause of perspicuity . View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Dennis Miscellanies Pref. sig. a8^v I never can be persuaded that succinctness can be a fault in writing, unless it be destructive of perspicuity. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 2. ⁋3 The Perspicuity of his Discourse gives the same Pleasure that Wit would in another Man. 1759 A. Smith Theory Moral Sentiments iv. §i. i. 338 The singular and happy talent of treating the abstrusest subjects not only with the most perfect perspicuity, but with the most lively eloquence. 1834 R. Southey Doctor II. 200 There is nothing more desirable in composition than perspicuity; and in perspicuity precision is included. 1896 A. R. White Youth's Educator xix. 251 Purity, propriety and precision, chiefly in regard to words and phrases; and perspicuity, unity and strength in regard to sentences. 1956 J. Whatmough Lang. 42 There is an inverse relationship between frequency of occurrence and the comparative perspicuity that accompanies the utilization of a speech-utterance. 1991 H. Blamires Hist. Lit. Crit. (BNC) 132 Unnaturalness and affectation may detract from perspicuity, and Addison finds Shakespeare sometimes guilty in this respect. †2. Conspicuousness; distinctness to the sight. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [noun] > state of being clearly visible > conspicuousness perspicuity1578 appearance1591 conspicuity1601 conspicuosity1632 conspicuousness1851 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 8 Both Sistole, and Diastole of the brayne, most euident, and with pleasaunt perspicuitie..is to be discerned. 1609 B. Jonson Masque of Queens in Wks. (1616) 575/2 After it, succeeded their third dance... Wherein, beside that principal grace of perspicuity, the motions were so even and apt [etc.]. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 88 A high imperious mountaine..eminent for height and perspicuitie. 1670 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 5 1024 You shall see distinctly the colours of the Choroeides, [etc.].., with so much perspicuity that you cannot even discern, whether there be a Retina beyond the Vitreous humour or no. 1789 B. Franklin Let. to N. Webster 26 Dec. in Wks. (1793) II. 87 The much greater degree of perspicuity given by black [printing] than by the grey. 1833 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1815–30 2 354 The author has seen..the scales upon a Gnat's wing, with a degree of delicate perspicuity not attainable with any other microscope he has tried. 3. Mental penetration; insight; = perspicacity n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [noun] > clarity knowledgea1398 perspiciencec1450 clearness1535 perspicacity1548 insightc1580 perspective?a1586 subtileness1591 perspicacy1600 clarity1616 quicksightedness1625 perspicuity1662 clear-sightednessa1691 perspicaciousness1727 percipiency1845 far-sightedness1846 clairvoyance1861 X-ray scrutiny1896 1662 J. Gauden Let. 1 May in C. Wordsworth Documentary Suppl. (1825) 37 There are no eyes I more justly dread than your's for the acuteness and perspicuity, yet none to which I more willingly present..myself, and what I do. 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 458 When the Pupil can read the Alcoran with perspicuity. 1720 T. Gordon & J. Trenchard Independent Whig No. 11 It may well be expected from Persons of their Penetration and Perspicuity. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer i. 13 She [sc. Nature] has given you besides some perspicuity, which qualifies you to distinguish interesting objects. 1806 H. Siddons Maid, Wife, & Widow III. 211 That worthy man could read hearts with great perspicuity. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. xv. 142 Mr. Wegg made a smiling demonstration of great perspicuity here. 1938 Z. Grey Raiders Spanish Peaks iii. 50 She had dealt with thousands of men while bookkeeper in her father's ship-chandler and general merchandise, and her intuition never went wrong if her perspicuity sometimes was amiss. 1991 S. T. Haymon Very Particular Murder (BNC) 201 I congratulate myself on my own perspicuity. 2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Feb. t12 An ecological poet who celebrated the California wilderness with great perspicuity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500
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