† presciousadj.

Forms: 1600s praescious, 1600s–1700s prescious.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praescius , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin praescius foreknowing ( < prae- pre- prefix + scīre to know (see science n.), after e.g. conscius (see conscious adj.), nescius (see nescious adj.)) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier prescient adj. N.E.D. (1908) indicates the stress as ˈprescious.

Obsolete.

= prescient adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] > having or demonstrating foresight

foreknowingc1374

fore-wisec1540

(a person) of a far fetch1574

forecastful1576

foresightfula1586

prescientc1599

far-sighted1641

prescious1642

foresighted1660

long-headed1665

prescientiala1699

long-sighted1701

prevoyant1785

precognizant1840

telescopic1856

far-thinking1937

precognitive1974

1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici i. §11 Predestination..is in respect to God no prescious determination of our Estates to come, but a definitive blast of His Will already fulfilled.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 545 Thrice happy thou,..Præscious of Ills, and leaving me behind, to drink the Dregs of Life by Fate assign'd.

1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace ii. vi. i. 113 She shakes at Hesilrig's fierce Hate, And her Soul shrinks as Prescious of her Fate.

1765 C. Smart Phædrus iii. ix Cassandra's prescious care Sought, but obtain'd no credence there.

1790 T. Sheridan Compl. Dict. Eng. Lang. II. (at cited word) Prescious, having foreknowledge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	prescious
释义	† presciousadj. Forms: 1600s praescious, 1600s–1700s prescious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praescius , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin praescius foreknowing ( < prae- pre- prefix + scīre to know (see science n.), after e.g. conscius (see conscious adj.), nescius (see nescious adj.)) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier prescient adj. N.E.D. (1908) indicates the stress as ˈprescious. Obsolete. = prescient adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] > having or demonstrating foresight foreknowingc1374 fore-wisec1540 (a person) of a far fetch1574 forecastful1576 foresightfula1586 prescientc1599 far-sighted1641 prescious1642 foresighted1660 long-headed1665 prescientiala1699 long-sighted1701 prevoyant1785 precognizant1840 telescopic1856 far-thinking1937 precognitive1974 1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici i. §11 Predestination..is in respect to God no prescious determination of our Estates to come, but a definitive blast of His Will already fulfilled. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. 545 Thrice happy thou,..Præscious of Ills, and leaving me behind, to drink the Dregs of Life by Fate assign'd. 1722 W. Hamilton Life of Sir William Wallace ii. vi. i. 113 She shakes at Hesilrig's fierce Hate, And her Soul shrinks as Prescious of her Fate. 1765 C. Smart Phædrus iii. ix Cassandra's prescious care Sought, but obtain'd no credence there. 1790 T. Sheridan Compl. Dict. Eng. Lang. II. (at cited word) Prescious, having foreknowledge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1642
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