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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable;
- Example: "writes in a limpid style"
- Example: "lucid directions"
- Example: "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton
- Example: "pellucid prose"
- Example: "a crystal clear explanation"
- Example: "a perspicuous argument"
[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]