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Webster 1913 Edition
Perspicuity
Perˊspi-cu′i-ty
(pẽrˊspĭ-kū′ĭ-ty̆)
, Noun.
[L.
perspicuitas
: cf. F. perspicuité
.] 1.
The quality or state of being transparent or translucent.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
2.
The quality of being perspicuous to the understanding; clearness of expression or thought.
3.
Sagacity; perspicacity.
Syn. – Clearness; perspicuousness; plainness; distinctness; lucidity; transparency. See
Clearness
. Webster 1828 Edition
Perspicuity
PERSPICU'ITY
,Noun.
1.
Transparency; clearness; that quality of a substance which renders objects visible through it. [Little used.]2.
Clearness to mental vision; easiness to be understood; freedom from obscurity or ambiguity; that quality of writing or language which readily presents to the mind of another the precise ideas of the author. Perspicuity is the first excellence of writing or speaking.