perspicuous

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• Perspicuous — Per*spic u*ous, a. [L. perspicuus, from perspicere to look through. See {Perspective}.] 1. Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not opaque. [Obs.] Peacham. [1913 Webster] 2. Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• perspicuous — I adjective accurate, apparent, appreciable, apprehensible, clear, cognizable, coherent, comprehensible, conceivable, definite, distinct, evident, exact, explicable, explicit, factual, forceful, genuine, intelligible, manifest, obvious, overt,… …   Law dictionary

• perspicuous — late 15c., from L. perspicuus “transparent, clear, evident,” from perspicere (see PERSPECTIVE (Cf. perspective)). Related: Perspicuously; perspicuousness …   Etymology dictionary

• perspicuous — *clear, lucid Analogous words: manifest, *evident, plain, distinct: *explicit, express, specific, definite Contrasted words: *turbid, muddy: inflated, flatulent, tumid, turgid …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• perspicuous — [adj] clear, obvious apparent, clear cut, comprehensible, crystal*, crystalclear*, distinct, easily understood, explicit, intelligible, limpid, lucent, lucid, luminous, pellucid, plain, self evident, straightforward, transparent, unambiguous,… …   New thesaurus

• perspicuous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid. 2) expressing things clearly. DERIVATIVES perspicuity noun perspicuously adverb. ORIGIN Latin perspicuus transparent, clear …   English terms dictionary

• perspicuous — [pər spik′yo͞o əs] adj. [ME, transparent < L perspicuus < perspicere, to see through: see PERSPECTIVE] clear in statement or expression; easily understood; lucid perspicuity [pʉr΄spi kyo͞o′ə tē] n. perspicuousness perspicuously adv …   English World dictionary

• perspicuous — adjective Etymology: Latin perspicuus transparent, perspicuous, from perspicere Date: 1586 plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation < a perspicuous argument > Synonyms: see clear • perspicuity noun •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• perspicuous — perspicacious, perspicuous Fowler (1926) snootily urged the use of simpler alternatives by ‘those who are neither learned nor pretentious’. Perspicacious means ‘having mental penetration or discernment, discerning’, and its corresponding noun is… …   Modern English usage

• perspicuous — adjective a) Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid. I am always willing to run some hazard of being tedious in order to be sure that I am perspicuous; b) Of a language or notation, such as that of formal propositional calculus: where the… …   Wiktionary

• perspicuous and perspicuity —    Clearly expressed; lucid; easy to understand, especially because of clarity and precision of presentation. The quality of being perspicuous is perspicuity. (pron. pr spik yoo es, pr spe kyoo e tee) Not to be confused with perspicacious. One… …   Glossary of Art Terms