- perspicil
- noun
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin perspicillum, from Latin perspicere to look through + -illum, suffix denoting an instrument — more at perspectiveobsolete : an optical glass (as a telescope)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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Perspicil — Per spi*cil, n. [LL. perspicilla, fr. L. perspicere to look through.] An optical glass; a telescope. [Obs.] Crashaw. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
