perspicuous
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Etymology
From Latin perspicuus, in turn from perspiciō (“see through”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pəˈspɪkjuːəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɚˈspɪkjuːəs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
perspicuous (comparative more perspicuous, superlative most perspicuous)
- Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid.
- Synonyms: transparent, pervious; see also Thesaurus:comprehensible
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:incomprehensible
- 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter 4:
- I am always willing to run some hazard of being tedious in order to be sure that I am perspicuous […]
- (logic) (Of a language or notation) the process of inference from premises to conclusion is explicitly laid out.
- (literal, rare) That can be seen through clearly; that lets light through.
- Synonyms: transparent, see-through; translucent; see also Thesaurus:transparent
- Antonyms: imperspicuous; see also Thesaurus:opaque
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Translations
clearly expressed
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logic: explicitly laid out
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References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “perspicuous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
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