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Vinony

perspicuous

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /pəˈspɪkjuːəs/ / /pərˈspɪkjəwəs/ / /pɚˈspɪkjuːəs/

adj

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 […]”

  2. (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 lets light through.