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Grammar : Adj
Spell : per-spik-yoo-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈspɪk yu əs

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Définition 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

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