perspicuousness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: perspicuousness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for perspicuousness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perspicuousness n clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous [syn: perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perspicuous \Perspic"uous\, a. [L. perspicuus, from perspicere to look through. See {Perspective}.] 1. Capable of being through; transparent; translucent; not opaque. [Obs.] --Peacham. 2. Clear to the understanding; capable of being clearly understood; clear in thought or in expression; not obscure or ambiguous; as, a perspicuous writer; perspicuous statements. [bd]The purpose is perspicuous.[b8] --Shak. -- {Perspic"uously}, adv. -- {Perspic"uousness}, n.