perspicuity
Betekenis (Engels)
- (countable, uncountable) Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous.
- (countable, uncountable) Perspicacity; insight.
- (countable, rare, uncountable) Transparency; translucence.
Sinonieme
clearness
clearanceness
Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˌpəːspɪˈkjuːɪti/
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
From the Classical Latin perspicuitās (“transparency”, “lucidity”, “self-evidency”, (in post-Classical Latin): “penetration”, “insight”), from perspicuus (“clear”, “evident”); compare perspicacity and the French perspicuité. By surface analysis, perspicuous + -ity.
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