perspicuity
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: pər'spĭkyo͞oʹĭti, IPA: /ˌpəːspɪˈkjuːɪti/
- (America) enPR: pər'spəkyo͞oʹədi, IPA: /ˌpɚspəˈkjuəti/
perspicuity
- Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous.
- 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The Irrational Knot, ch. 18,
- Whether through the first officer's want of perspicuity or my own stupidity, I was not a bit the wiser for the explanation.
- 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The Irrational Knot, ch. 18,
- Perspicacity; insight.
- 1965, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,833549,00.html The Stupid Spy]," Time, 19 Mar,
- Thompson, a high school dropout, said with rare perspicuity that he doubted the FBI would hire him.
- 1965, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,833549,00.html The Stupid Spy]," Time, 19 Mar,
- (rare) Transparency; translucence.
- 1900,
, The Touchstone, ch. 11, - It must have been on some such day of harsh sunlight, the incisive February brightness that gives perspicuity without warmth.
- 1900,
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