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perspicuous

[ per-spik-yoo-uhs ]

adjective

  1. clearly expressed or presented; lucid.

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perspicuous

/ əˈɪʊə /

adjective

  1. (of speech or writing) easily understood; lucid
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ辱ܴdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈ辱ܴdzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·辱u·dzܲ· adverb
  • ·辱u·dzܲ·Ա noun
  • ܲp·辱u·dzܲ adjective
  • un·辱u·dzܲ· adverb
  • un·辱u·dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of perspicuous1

First recorded in 1570–80; from Latin perspicuus “transparent, clearly visible,” equivalent to perspic(ere), “to look over, inspect, survey” (formed from preposition and prefix per, per- “through; thoroughly” + -spicere, combining form of specere “to see, observe, look”) + -uus adjective suffix; per-, inspect )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of perspicuous1

C15: from Latin perspicuus transparent, from perspicere to explore thoroughly; see perspective
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But were Tagovailoa a combat sport athlete — a boxer or mixed martial artist — there would be a timeline for return as perspicuous as if he were found to be taking banned performance-enhancing drugs.

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It’s a shame, since her vision and craft were so lively and perspicuous.

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The different interplaying factors — fascism, identity politics, neoliberal economics, terror, globalization — have all come to full fruition as any perspicuous observer might have noted for many years.

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When experience has once clearly exhibited these facts and science has marshalled them in economic and perspicuous order, there is no doubt that we shall understand them.

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One must be extremely exact, clear, and perspicuous, in everything one says, otherwise, instead of entertaining, or informing others, one only tires and puzzles them.

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