adjective
perspicuous
per-SPIK-yuh-wuhs/pərˈspɪkjəwəs/
Clearly expressed and easy to understand.
The perspicuous guide lets the man assemble the base, peg, and disk correctly.
Etymology
Latin perspicuus meant transparent or evident, and the English adjective once meant capable of being seen through. That physical transparency became clarity of expression: language through which the meaning is readily understood.
In context
one must be extremely exact clear and perspicuous in everything one says otherwise instead of entertaining or informing others one only tires and puzzles them
More examples
- The report presents its findings in perspicuous language.
- We need perspicuous instructions, not pages of technical jargon.
- His prose becomes more perspicuous when he replaces vague phrases with concrete details.
Forms
perspicuous · more perspicuous · most perspicuous
perspicuity noun — The quality of being clearly expressed.
Similar words
- clear
- Clear is more common and applies beyond language and expression.
- lucid
- Lucid often describes orderly explanations of difficult or complex ideas.
- intelligible
- Intelligible stresses basic comprehensibility rather than especially clear expression.