perspicuityとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From the Classical Latin perspicuitās (“transparency”, “lucidity”, “self-evidency”, (in post-Classical Latin): “penetration”, “insight”), from perspicuus (“clear”, “evident”); compare perspicacity and the French perspicuité. Surface analysis, perspicuous +‎ -ity.

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: pər'spĭkyo͞oʹĭti, IPA^(key): /ˌpəːspɪˈkjuːɪti/
  • (米国発音) enPR: pər'spəkyo͞oʹədi, IPA^(key): /ˌpɚspəˈkjuəti/

名詞

perspicuity (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 perspicuities)

1. Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous.
   • 1880, [George] Bernard Shaw, chapter XVIII, in The Irrational Knot [...] Being the Second Novel of His Nonage, London: Archibald Constable & Co., published 1905, OCLC 1050472693, page 354:

     […] whether through the first officer's want of perspicuity or my own stupidity, I was not a bit the wiser for the explanation.

2. Perspicacity; insight.
   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., OCLC 222716698, page 51:

     “Well,” I answered, at first with uncertainty, then with inspiration, “he would do splendidly to lead your cotillon, if you think of having one.” ¶ “So you do not dance, Mr. Crocker?” ¶ I was somewhat set back by her perspicuity.