English-Thai Dictionary

perspicuous

ADJ ชัดเจน  ชัดแจ้ง  แจ่มแจ้ง  เข้าใจง่าย  ไม่ คลุมเครือ  lucid distinct intelligible limpid luculent pellucid chad-jean

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERSPICUOUS

a.[L. perspicuus.] Transparent; translucent. [Little used. ]
1. Clear to the understanding; that may be clearly understood; not obscure or ambiguous. Language is perspicuous when it readily presents to the reader or hearer the precise ideas which are intended to be expressed. Meaning, sense or signification if perspicuous, when it is clearly and easily comprehended.

 

PERSPICUOUSLY

adv. Clearly; plainly; in a manner to be easily understood.

 

PERSPICUOUSNESS

n.Clearness to intellectual vision; plainness; freedom from obscurity. [We generally apply perspicuous to objects of intellect, and conspicuous to objects of ocular sight. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERSPICUOUS

Per *spic "u *ous, a. Etym: [L. perspicuus, from perspicere to look through. See Perspective. ]

 

1. Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not opaque. [Obs. ] Peacham.

 

2. Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly understood; clear in thought or in expression; not obscure or ambiguous; as, a perspicuous writer; perspicuous statements. "The purpose is perspicuous. " Shak. -- Per *spic "u *ous *ly, adv. -- Per *spic "u *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

perspicuous

per spic u ous |pərˈspikyo͞owəs pərˈspɪkjəwəs | ▶adjective formal (of an account or representation ) clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid: it provides simpler and more perspicuous explanations than its rivals. • (of a person ) able to give an account or express an idea clearly. DERIVATIVES per spi cu i ty |ˌpərspiˈkyo͞oitē |noun, per spic u ous ly adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘transparent ’): from Latin perspicuus ‘transparent, clear ’ (from the verb perspicere ‘look at closely ’) + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

perspicuous

perspicuous |pəˈspɪkjʊəs | ▶adjective formal clearly expressed and easily understood; lucid: it provides simpler and more perspicuous explanations than its rivals. • able to give an account or express an idea clearly. DERIVATIVES perspicuity |-ˈkjuːɪti |noun, perspicuously adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘transparent ’): from Latin perspicuus ‘transparent, clear ’ (from the verb perspicere ‘look at closely ’) + -ous .

 

Oxford Thesaurus

perspicuous

perspicuous adjective a detailed and perspicuous explanation. See limpid (sense 2 ).