perspicil

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word perspicil. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word perspicil, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say perspicil in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word perspicil you have here. The definition of the word perspicil will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofperspicil, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From Latin perspicilla, from perspicere (“to look through”).

Noun

perspicil (plural perspicils)

(obsolete) An optical glass; a telescope.
- a. 1649, Richard Crashaw, On the Frontispiece of Isaacson's Chronology:
  Chronology
  (Sharp-sighted as the eagle's eye, that can
  Out-stare the broad-beam'd Day's meridian)
  Will have a perspicil to find her out

References

“perspicil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia