speciosityn.¹

/spiːʃɪˈɒsɪti/

Forms: Also Middle English specioustee, 1500s–1600s speciositie.

Etymology: < late Latin speciōsitās (= French spéciosité , Italian speziosità , Spanish especiosidad , Portuguese especiosidade ) beauty, good appearance or looks, < speciōsus specious adj.: see -ity suffix.

Now rare.

†1. The quality of being beautiful; beauty, fair or lovely appearance. Also, a beautiful thing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun]

wlitec825

faireOE

fairnessOE

fairlecc1225

fairheadc1300

fairshipc1300

forma1382

clearnessa1400

beautyc1405

delicacya1450

pulchritudea1460

speciositya1470

lovelinessa1500

beautifulnessc1500

formosityc1500

fairhood?1503

bewtynes?c1510

decorea1513

venusty1559

decorum1604

bellitude1623

beauteousnessa1631

loveliheada1637

decor1656

luculency1656

Venus1657

coquetry1794

beautyhood1832

glamour1840

the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person

fairnesseOE

roseOE

beautya1425

beauteous1435

lovelyc1450

beautifulness?1574

picturea1645

formosity1652

speciosity1660

vision1823

dream1837

jewel box1846

firecracker1852

beaut1896

a1470 J. Hardyng Chron. ccvii He had..Iewelles in chestes, and stones of precioustee, And other Marchauntes in specioustee.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 107 The palice [that] proper wes to se, Poleist perfyte with all speciositie.

1627 R. Sybthorpe Apostolike Obed. 25 Although the common-weale be safest and most beautifull, when it is at unitie in it selfe,..yet, that the speciositie may the better appeare to us, wee must survey it by particulars.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iv. xii. 128 The Transfiguration of his person on the top of mount Tabor into so great a glory as all the speciosities of the world could not equalize.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Speciousness, Speciosity, fairness of show and appearance.

a. The quality of being specious; speciousness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming > speciousness

fair showing1340

speciosity1608

harlotry1632

brow1659

speciousness1665

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > specious quality

colourableness1571

plausibleness1598

speciosity1608

seemingness1640

plausibility1649

speciousness1665

meretriciousness1727

meretricious1837

1608 T. James Apol. Wickliffe 33 He preached against the pretiosity, speciosity, and miraculositie, and sundry other sophistications about images.

1839 T. Carlyle Chartism v. 43 Speciosity in all departments usurps the place of reality..; instead of performance, there is appearance of performance.1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. v. 52 Professions, built so largely on speciosity instead of performance.

b. plural. Specious actions, promises, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > an instance of, illusion > activities

speciosities1837

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. i. 271 Poor Paris;..enveloped in speciosities, in falsehood which knows itself false.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. i. 11 The shops declining to take hypocrisies and speciosities any farther.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

speciosityn.²

Brit.

/ˌspiːʃɪˈɒsᵻti/,

/ˌspiːsɪˈɒsᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌspiʃiˈɑsədi/,

/ˌspisiˈɑsədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: speciose adj.², -ity suffix.

Etymology: < speciose adj.² + -ity suffix: see -osity suffix.

Biology.

Species-richness within a taxon or other group of organisms. Cf. speciose adj.²

ΚΠ

1960 Copeia No. 4. 383/1 The circumstance that the proportion of taxa with 12 + 14 vertebrae increased in the lower categories is due to the speciosity of the Epinephelinae.

1988 Nature 15 Dec. 617/1 Jablonski's end-Cretaceous mollusc genera suffer extinction to an equal degree, irrespective of their speciosity.

2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life xxii. 543 The speciosity of the passerines should not be confused with ‘dominance’. Though they are, of course, immensely varied.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	speciosity
释义	speciosityn.¹ /spiːʃɪˈɒsɪti/ Forms: Also Middle English specioustee, 1500s–1600s speciositie. Etymology: < late Latin speciōsitās (= French spéciosité , Italian speziosità , Spanish especiosidad , Portuguese especiosidade ) beauty, good appearance or looks, < speciōsus specious adj.: see -ity suffix. Now rare. †1. The quality of being beautiful; beauty, fair or lovely appearance. Also, a beautiful thing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] wlitec825 faireOE fairnessOE fairlecc1225 fairheadc1300 fairshipc1300 forma1382 clearnessa1400 beautyc1405 delicacya1450 pulchritudea1460 speciositya1470 lovelinessa1500 beautifulnessc1500 formosityc1500 fairhood?1503 bewtynes?c1510 decorea1513 venusty1559 decorum1604 bellitude1623 beauteousnessa1631 loveliheada1637 decor1656 luculency1656 Venus1657 coquetry1794 beautyhood1832 glamour1840 the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > [noun] > beautiful thing or person fairnesseOE roseOE beautya1425 beauteous1435 lovelyc1450 beautifulness?1574 picturea1645 formosity1652 speciosity1660 vision1823 dream1837 jewel box1846 firecracker1852 beaut1896 a1470 J. Hardyng Chron. ccvii He had..Iewelles in chestes, and stones of precioustee, And other Marchauntes in specioustee. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 107 The palice [that] proper wes to se, Poleist perfyte with all speciositie. 1627 R. Sybthorpe Apostolike Obed. 25 Although the common-weale be safest and most beautifull, when it is at unitie in it selfe,..yet, that the speciositie may the better appeare to us, wee must survey it by particulars. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iv. xii. 128 The Transfiguration of his person on the top of mount Tabor into so great a glory as all the speciosities of the world could not equalize. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Speciousness, Speciosity, fairness of show and appearance. 2. a. The quality of being specious; speciousness. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [noun] > seeming > speciousness fair showing1340 speciosity1608 harlotry1632 brow1659 speciousness1665 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > specious quality colourableness1571 plausibleness1598 speciosity1608 seemingness1640 plausibility1649 speciousness1665 meretriciousness1727 meretricious1837 1608 T. James Apol. Wickliffe 33 He preached against the pretiosity, speciosity, and miraculositie, and sundry other sophistications about images. 1839 T. Carlyle Chartism v. 43 Speciosity in all departments usurps the place of reality..; instead of performance, there is appearance of performance.1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. v. 52 Professions, built so largely on speciosity instead of performance. b. plural. Specious actions, promises, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > [noun] > an instance of, illusion > activities speciosities1837 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. i. 271 Poor Paris;..enveloped in speciosities, in falsehood which knows itself false. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. i. 11 The shops declining to take hypocrisies and speciosities any farther. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). speciosityn.² Brit. /ˌspiːʃɪˈɒsᵻti/, /ˌspiːsɪˈɒsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌspiʃiˈɑsədi/, /ˌspisiˈɑsədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: speciose adj.², -ity suffix. Etymology: < speciose adj.² + -ity suffix: see -osity suffix. Biology. Species-richness within a taxon or other group of organisms. Cf. speciose adj.² ΚΠ 1960 Copeia No. 4. 383/1 The circumstance that the proportion of taxa with 12 + 14 vertebrae increased in the lower categories is due to the speciosity of the Epinephelinae. 1988 Nature 15 Dec. 617/1 Jablonski's end-Cretaceous mollusc genera suffer extinction to an equal degree, irrespective of their speciosity. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life xxii. 543 The speciosity of the passerines should not be confused with ‘dominance’. Though they are, of course, immensely varied. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹a1470n.²1960
随便看	take in water take in wood take in worth take in, or to, evil take indignly take inn take instrument take instruments take into account take into consideration take into custody take into marriage take into memory take into mercy take into one's arms take into one's confidence take into one's head take into the account take into use take issue take it take it amiss take it as it comes take it as one finds it take it away!

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