perspicuous
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From Latin perspicuus, in turn from perspiciō (“see through”).
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perspicuous (comparative more perspicuous, superlative most perspicuous)
- Clearly expressed, easy to understand; lucid.
- 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter 4,
- I am always willing to run some hazard of being tedious in order to be sure that I am perspicuous;
- 1776, Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter 4,
- (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.
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clearly expressed
logic: explicitly laid out
References [edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
