PERSPICUOUS - 9 definitions found
perspicuous adj 1: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument" [syn: limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear}, perspicuous] perspicuous - lanom Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) 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 • perspicuously adverb • perspicuousness noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary perspicuous pəˈspɪkjuəs adj. 1 easily understood; clearly expressed. 2 (of a person) expressing things clearly. øøperspicuity n. perspicuously adv. perspicuousness n. [ME, = transparent f. L perspicuus (as PERSPECTIVE)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. 2. Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly understood; clear in thought or in expression; not obscure or ambiguous; as, a perspicuous writer; perspicuous statements. ``The purpose is perspicuous.'' --Shak. -- Per*spic"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Per*spic"u*ous*ness, n. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms perspicuous a. Clear, lucid, plain, transparent, intelligible, distinct, explicit, unequivocal, obvious. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 105 Moby Thesaurus words for "perspicuous": Attic, Ciceronian, acute, apparent, apperceptive, appercipient, argute, astute, chaste, classic, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, cogent, coherent, connected, consistent, crisp, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, defined, definite, direct, discernible, discerning, distinct, easy, elegant, evident, explicit, express, farseeing, farsighted, finished, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful, graceful, gracile, incisive, indisputable, indubitable, limpid, longheaded, longsighted, loud and clear, lucent, lucid, luculent, luminous, manifest, natural, neat, noticeable, observable, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, penetrating, perceivable, perceptible, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, piercing, plain, plain as day, polished, provident, pure, refined, restrained, round, sagacious, seeable, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory, simple, straightforward, tangible, tasteful, terse, to be seen, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, trenchant, trim, unaffected, unambiguous, unconfused, understanding, unequivocal, univocal, unlabored, unmistakable, visible, well-defined |
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