perspicuous
adjUK /pəˈspɪkjuːəs/ · US /pərˈspɪkjəwəs/
Etymology From Latin perspicuus, in turn from perspiciō (“see through”).
1
Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid.
- I am always willing to run some hazard of being tedious in order to be sure that I am perspicuous […]1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter 4:
2
Human sciences, Logic, Mathematics, Philosophy, Sciences (Of a language or notation) the process of inference from premises to conclusion is explicitly laid out.
3
Rare That can be seen through clearly; that lets light through.
- Derived terms
- perspicuously, perspicuousness, semiperspicuous, unperspicuous
- Related terms
- perspective, perspicacious, perspicaciously, perspicacity, perspicuity