Antonyms for perspicuous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : per-spik-yoo-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : pərˈspɪk yu əs

Definition of perspicuous

Origin : late 15c., from Latin perspicuus "transparent, clear, evident," from perspicere "look through, look closely at" (see perspective). Related: Perspicuously; perspicuousness.

adj clear, obvious

Example sentences :

This is at all times a great aid to a clear and perspicuous statement.
Extract from : « Hints on Extemporaneous Preaching » by Henry Ware

This is not a fine style, but simple, perspicuous, and agreeable.
Extract from : « Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

Both the plan and style are perspicuous; it is admirably adapted for what it is intended.
Extract from : « The Crystal Palace » by Peter Berlyn

The tongue of him to whom they incline is foreign, and this is the perspicuous Arabic tongue.
Extract from : « Selections From The Kur-an » by Edward William Lane

Thought must be true, perspicuous, and adapted to the subject.
Extract from : « Loyola and the Educational System of the Jesuits » by Thomas Hughes

He recognised this way of looking at the unusual as profound and perspicuous.
Extract from : « When Ghost Meets Ghost » by William Frend De Morgan

The third manner of our seeing is by refraction, and this is perspicuous in mirrors.
Extract from : « Essays and Miscellanies » by Plutarch

At most, he says, it may be necessary to admit that the translation is not perspicuous.
Extract from : « The History of Freedom » by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

So will our posterity admire our ignorance in as perspicuous matters.
Extract from : « The Discovery of a World in the Moone » by John Wilkins

His style is always forcible, and so perspicuous that he cannot be misunderstood.
Extract from : « Notes On The Apocalypse » by David Steele

Synonyms for perspicuous

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