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Webster 1913 Edition
Perspicuous
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;
“The purpose is perspicuous.” as, a
perspicuous
writer; perspicuous
statements. Shak.
Per-spic′u-ous-ly
, adv.
Per-spic′u-ous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Perspicuous
PERSPIC'UOUS
,Adj.
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.