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tran⋅spic⋅u⋅ous

  [tran-spik-yoo-uhs]
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–adjective
transparent.
Origin:
1630–40; < NL trānspicuus, equiv. to trāns- trans- + (per)spicuus transparent; see perspicuous

Related forms:
tran⋅spic⋅u⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
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tran·spic·u·ous   (trān-spĭk'yōō-əs)   
adj.  Easily understood or seen through: transpicuous motives.

[From New Latin trānspicuus, from Latin trānspicere, to see through : trāns-, trans- + specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]
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