perspicuous

adj
/pəˈspɪkjuːəs/UK/pərˈspɪkjəwəs/US

Etymology

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

  1. derived from perspicuus

Definitions

  1. Clearly expressed, easy to understand

    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. (Of a language or notation) the process of inference from premises to conclusion is…

    (Of a language or notation) the process of inference from premises to conclusion is explicitly laid out.

  3. That can be seen through clearly

    That can be seen through clearly; that lets light through.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for perspicuous. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA