Perspicuous
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /pÉ™(ɹ)ˈspɪkjuËÉ™s/
- US IPA: /pɚˈspɪkjuËÉ™s/
Origin
From Latin perspicuus, in turn from perspiciÅ ("see through").
Full definition of perspicuous
Adjective
perspicuous
- Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid.
- 1776, Adam Smith, , Book I, Chapter 4,I am always willing to run some hazard of being tedious in order to be sure that I am perspicuous;
- (logic) Of a language or notation, such as that of formal propositional calculus: where the process of inference from premises to conclusion is explicitly laid out.
- (rare) Transparent; translucent.