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   perspicuous

   /pəˈspɪkjʊəs/

   adjective

   • 1. clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid: formal "it provides simpler and more perspicuous explanations than its rivals"
   • ▪ able to give an account or express an idea clearly. formal

   Word Origin late 15th century (in the sense ‘transparent’): from Latin perspicuus ‘transparent, clear’ (from the verb perspicere ‘look at closely’) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. perspicuity noun
   • 2. perspicuously adverb
   • 3. perspicuousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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