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Perspicuous Per Spih Kyuh Wus Adjective Expressed Easy Understand.  Latin Perspicuus

Perspicuous describes something as being clearly expressed and easy to understand.

Perspicuous describes something as being clearly expressed and easy to understand.

Front perspicuous \per-SPIH-kyuh-wus\
Back adjective
Clearly expressed; easy to understand. 

[From Latin perspicuus (transparent), from perspicere (to see through), from per- (through) + -spicere, combining form of specere (to look). Ultimately from the Indo-European root spek- (to observe), which is also the ancestor of such words as suspect, spectrum, bishop (literally, overseer), espionage, despise, telescope, spectator, speculum, and spectacles. Earliest documented use: 1570.]

"HAND also offers the most informed and perspicuous account of the political violence." - Darfur Humanitarian Update; Sudan Tribune (Paris, France); Sep 1, 2010.

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