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perspicuous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: perspicuous adj : (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}]
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