incisive的词源

英文词源

incisive (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
early 15c., inscisif, "slashing, cutting with a sharp edge," from Middle French incisif and directly from Medieval Latin incisivus, from Latin incis-, past participle stem of incidere (see incision). Originally literal; figurative sense of "mentally acute" first recorded 1850 as a borrowing from French. Related: Incisively; incisiveness.

中文词源

incisive:尖刻的,锐利的

来自incise,雕刻,切入。引申词义尖刻的,锐利的。

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