英语词汇incisive的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	incisive
词源	incisive adj. early 15c., inscisif, "slashing, cutting with a sharp edge," from Old French incisif (medical) "invasive, effective," and directly from Medieval Latin incisivus, from Latin incis-, past participle stem of incīdere "to cut into" (see incision). Originally literal; figurative sense of "mentally acute, sharply and clearly expressive" first recorded 1850 as a borrowing from French. Related: Incisively; incisiveness. Entries linking to incisive incision n. late 14c., "a cutting made in surgery," from Old French incision (13c.) and directly from Latin incisionem (nominative incisio) "a cutting into," recorded only in figurative senses, noun of action from past-participle stem of incīdere "to cut, cut through, cut open," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (from PIE root en "in") + -cidere, combining form of caedere "to cut" (from PIE root kae-id- "to strike"). Meaning "act of cutting into" is from early 15c. updated on September 09, 2021
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incisive adj.