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perspicuous

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English

Etymology

FromLatinperspicuus, in turn fromperspiciō(“see through”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/pəˈspɪkjuːəs/
(General American)IPA^(key):/pɚˈspɪkjuːəs/
Audio(Southern England): (file)

Adjective

perspicuous (comparativemoreperspicuous,superlativemostperspicuous)

Clearlyexpressed, easy tounderstand;lucid.
Synonyms:transparent,pervious;see alsoThesaurus:comprehensible
Antonyms:seeThesaurus: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 amperspicuous[…]
(logic) (Of a language ornotation) the process ofinference frompremises toconclusion is explicitly laid out.
(literal,rare) That can beseen through clearly; that letslight through.
Synonyms:transparent,see-through;translucent;see alsoThesaurus:transparent
Antonyms:imperspicuous;see alsoThesaurus:opaque

Derived terms

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Translations

clearly expressed

Bulgarian:ясен (bg)(jasen),прегледен (bg)(pregleden),разбираем (bg)(razbiraem)
Chinese:
Mandarin:明白 (zh)(míngbai)
Dutch:duidelijk (nl),begrijpelijk (nl),klaar (nl)
Greek:σαφής (el)(safís)
Korean:명백한(myeongbaekhan)
Latin:perspicuus
Norwegian:
Bokmål:tydelig (no)
Russian:ясный (ru)(jasnyj),понятный (ru)(ponjatnyj),чёткий (ru)(čótkij)
Spanish:perspicuo (es)

logic: explicitly laid out

Bulgarian:експлицитен (bg)(ekspliciten)

References

John A. Simpson andEdmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “perspicuous”, inThe Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford:Clarendon Press,→ISBN.

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