Perspicuous

//pəˈspɪkjuːəs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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 […]"

  2. 2
    (Of a language or notation) the process of inference from premises to conclusion is explicitly laid out.
  3. 3
    That can be seen through clearly; that lets light through. rare
Adjective
  1. 1
    (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable wordnet

Synonyms

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clearlimpidlucidpellucidtransparent;

Example

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"The clarity of the tax code was good enough to become the archetype of perspicuous writing in the lawyer's cohort."

Etymology

From Latin perspicuus, in turn from perspiciō (“see through”).

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