perspicuous
1Perspicuous — 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… …
2perspicuous — I adjective accurate, apparent, appreciable, apprehensible, clear, cognizable, coherent, comprehensible, conceivable, definite, distinct, evident, exact, explicable, explicit, factual, forceful, genuine, intelligible, manifest, obvious, overt,… …
3perspicuous — late 15c., from L. perspicuus “transparent, clear, evident,” from perspicere (see PERSPECTIVE (Cf. perspective)). Related: Perspicuously; perspicuousness …
4perspicuous — *clear, lucid Analogous words: manifest, *evident, plain, distinct: *explicit, express, specific, definite Contrasted words: *turbid, muddy: inflated, flatulent, tumid, turgid …
5perspicuous — [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,… …
6perspicuous — ► ADJECTIVE 1) clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid. 2) expressing things clearly. DERIVATIVES perspicuity noun perspicuously adverb. ORIGIN Latin perspicuus transparent, clear …
7perspicuous — [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 …
8perspicuous — 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 •… …
9perspicuous — 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… …
10perspicuous — 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… …
