perspicuous

perspicuous
    adj 1: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable;
           "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a
           luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a
           crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"
           [syn: {limpid}, {lucid}, {luculent}, {pellucid}, {crystal
           clear}, {perspicuous}]
    

Perspicuous \Per*spic"u*ous\, a. [L. perspicuus, from perspicere
   to look through. See {Perspective}.]
   1. Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not
      opaque. [Obs.] --Peacham.
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   2. Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly
      understood; clear in thought or in expression; not obscure
      or ambiguous; as, a perspicuous writer; perspicuous
      statements. "The purpose is perspicuous." --Shak.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Per*spic"u*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Per*spic"u*ous*ness}, n.
      [1913 Webster]
    

105 Moby Thesaurus words for "perspicuous":
      Attic, Ciceronian, acute, apparent, apperceptive, appercipient,
      argute, astute, chaste, classic, clean-cut, clear,
      clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, cogent, coherent,
      connected, consistent, crisp, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline,
      defined, definite, direct, discernible, discerning, distinct, easy,
      elegant, evident, explicit, express, farseeing, farsighted,
      finished, foreseeing, foresighted, forethoughted, forethoughtful,
      graceful, gracile, incisive, indisputable, indubitable, limpid,
      longheaded, longsighted, loud and clear, lucent, lucid, luculent,
      luminous, manifest, natural, neat, noticeable, observable, obvious,
      open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, penetrating,
      perceivable, perceptible, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious,
      piercing, plain, plain as day, polished, provident, pure, refined,
      restrained, round, sagacious, seeable, self-evident,
      self-explaining, self-explanatory, simple, straightforward,
      tangible, tasteful, terse, to be seen, translucent, transparent,
      transpicuous, trenchant, trim, unaffected, unambiguous, unconfused,
      understanding, unequivocal, univocal, unlabored, unmistakable,
      visible, well-defined