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adjective
1.
easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable: a conspicuous error.
2.
attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities: He was conspicuous by his booming laughter.
Origin:
1535–45; < Latin conspicuus visible, conspicuous, equivalent to conspic(ere) (see conspectus) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; compare contiguous, continuous, -ous
1535–45; < Latin conspicuus visible, conspicuous, equivalent to conspic(ere) (see conspectus) + -uus deverbal adj. suffix; compare contiguous, continuous, -ous
Related forms
con·spic·u·ous·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. manifest, noticeable, clear, marked, salient. 2. prominent, striking, noteworthy.
1. manifest, noticeable, clear, marked, salient. 2. prominent, striking, noteworthy.
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conspicuous
1540s, from L. conspicuus "open to view," from conspicere "to look at, observe," from com- intensive prefix + specere (see scope (1)). Phrase conspicuous by its absence (1859) is said to be from Tacitus ("Annals" iii.76), in a passage about certain images: "sed præfulgebant
EXPAND... eo ipso quod effigies eorum non visebantur."
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