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p-uh-SPIK-yoo-uh-s/pəˈspɪkjuəs/

Perspicuous means clearly expressed and easy to understand: a perspicuous codebook, perspicuous prose. Lucid (already in the dictionary) is the close twin; clarity of style is not a named slice.

Meaning

Clearly expressed and easy to understand (from lucid, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “A perspicuous codebook still needs a named slice; a vibe is not a frame.”
• “Lucid is already in this course. Clear is already in this course. A vibe is talk. A named list with a date is methods. Write the frame; then keep the prose if the clause still sits on a fact.”

Good to know

Clear and easy to follow. Close: lucid (already in the dictionary). A vibe ≠ a frame.

Near in meaning

lucid, clear, intelligible

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