transpicuous

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English

Etymology

From Latin trānspicuus (transparent).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɹænzˈpɪkjʊəs/, /tɹænˈspɪkjʊəs/
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Adjective

transpicuous (comparative more transpicuous, superlative most transpicuous)

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