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Definition of perspicuity - 2 dictionary results

per⋅spi⋅cu⋅i⋅ty

  [pur-spi-kyoo-i-tee]
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–noun
1. clearness or lucidity, as of a statement.
2. the quality of being perspicuous.
Origin:
1470–80; < L perspicuitās. See perspicuous, -ity

Synonyms:
1. clarity, plainness, intelligibility. 2. transparency. 3. Perspicuity, perspicacity are both derived from a Latin word meaning “to see through.” Perspicacity refers to the power of seeing clearly, to clearness of insight or judgment: a person of acute perspicacity; the perspicacity of his judgment. Perspicuity refers to something that can be seen through, i.e., to lucidity, clearness of style or exposition, freedom from obscurity: the perspicuity of her argument.

Antonyms:
2. dimness, opacity.
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per·spi·cu·i·ty   (pûr'spĭ-kyōō'ĭ-tē)   
n.  

  1. The quality of being perspicuous; clearness and lucidity: "He was at pains to insist on the perspicuity of what he wrote" (Lionel Trilling).

  2. Perspicacity.

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