transpicuous
English
Etymology
From Latin trānspicuus (“transparent”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹænzˈpɪkjʊəs/, /tɹænˈspɪkjʊəs/
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Adjective
transpicuous (comparative more transpicuous, superlative most transpicuous)
- (rare) Easily construed or seen through.
- 1983, Hugh Trevor Roper, "The Highland Tradition of Scotland", The Invention of Tradition, Eric Hobsbawm (editor), page 41
- The Sobieski Stuarts were amiable, scholarly men who won converts by their transpicuous innocence.
- 1983, Hugh Trevor Roper, "The Highland Tradition of Scotland", The Invention of Tradition, Eric Hobsbawm (editor), page 41
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