Ken appeared on the english horizon in the 16th century referring to the distance bounding the range of ordinary vision at sea (about 20 miles), and would thus have been familiar to skippers in particular Ken in american english (ken) noun a male given name, form of kendall or kenneth Its meaning soon broadened, however, to mean “range of vision” or “sight” on land or sea.
See examples of ken used in a sentence. ' beyond one's ken ', in its ordinary usage, means beyond one's powers of comprehension. An idea beyond one's ken
Kenneth lauren burns was born on july 29, 1953, in brooklyn, new york [2] his parents were lyla smith (née tupper) burns, [3] a biotechnician, [4] and robert kyle burns jr., who at the time of ken's birth was a graduate student in cultural anthropology at columbia university [3] the documentary filmmaker ric burns is his younger brother [5][6] burns' academic family moved frequently.
In this context, the phrase is infelicitous
