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

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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