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[syn: limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] -- Per*spic"u*ous*ly, adv. --
Per*spic"u*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
perspicuous
adj 1: (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, perspicuous]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "perspicuous":
Attic, Ciceronian, acute, apparent, apperceptive, appercipient,
argute, astute, chaste, classic, clean-cut, clear,
clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, cogent, coherent,
connected, consistent, crisp, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline,
defined, definite, direct, discernible, discerning, distinct, easy,
elegant, evident, explicit, express, farseeing, farsighted,
finished, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful,
graceful, gracile, incisive, indisputable, indubitable, limpid,
longheaded, longsighted, loud and clear, lucent, lucid, luculent,
luminous, manifest, natural, neat, noticeable, observable, obvious,
open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, penetrating,
perceivable, perceptible, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious,
piercing, plain, plain as day, polished, provident, pure, refined,
restrained, round, sagacious, seeable, self-evident,
self-explaining, self-explanatory, simple, straightforward,
tangible, tasteful, terse, to be seen, translucent, transparent,
transpicuous, trenchant, trim, unaffected, unambiguous, unconfused,
understanding, unequivocal, univocal, unlabored, unmistakable,
visible, well-defined