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trænˈspɪk yu əstran·spic·u·ous

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  1. transpicuousadjective

    Easily construed or seen through.

    "The Sobieski Stuarts were amiable, scholarly men who won converts by their transpicuous innocence." - Hugh Trevor Roper, in "The Invention of Tradition"

  2. Etymology: From the word, transpicuus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Transpicuousadjective

    Transparent; pervious to the sight.

    Etymology: trans and specio, Latin.

    What if that light,
    Sent from her through the wide transpicuous air,
    To the terrestrial moon be as a star. John Milton.

    Now thy wine’s transpicuous, purg’d from all
    Its earthy gross, yet let it feed awhile
    On the fat refuse. Philips.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Transpicuousadjective

    transparent; pervious to the sight

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Transpicuous

    tran-spik′ū-us, adj. (Milt.) that can be seen through, transparent. [L. transpicĕre, to see through—trans, through, specĕre, to look.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of transpicuous in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of transpicuous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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