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transpicuous

/tɹænzˈpɪkjʊəs/

transpicuous adjective: easily construed or seen through.

Adjective

transpicuous (comparative more transpicuous, superlative most transpicuous)

  1. (rare) Easily construed or seen through.
    • The Sobieski Stuarts were amiable, scholarly men who won converts by their transpicuous innocence.1983, Hugh Trevor Roper, “The Highland Tradition of Scotland”, in Eric Hobsbawm, editor, The Invention of Tradition, page 41

Forms of transpicuous

comparativemore transpicuous
superlativemost transpicuous

Origin of transpicuous

Borrowed from Latin trānspicuus (“transparent”).

Words formed from transpicuous

Questions about transpicuous

What does transpicuous mean?
Transpicuous means easily construed or seen through.
What part of speech is transpicuous?
Transpicuous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce transpicuous?
Transpicuous is pronounced /tɹænzˈpɪkjʊəs/.

Words near transpicuous in the dictionary

  1. transphosphorylations
  2. transphrenic
  3. transphyseal
  4. transphyseally
  5. transpicuity
  6. transpicuous
  7. transpicuously
  8. transpicuousness
  9. transpierce
  10. transpierced
  11. transpierces

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