- The quality of being perspicuous; clearness and lucidity: "He was at pains to insist on the perspicuity of what he wrote" (Lionel Trilling).
- Perspicacity.
Dictionary:
per·spi·cu·i·ty (pûr'spĭ-kyū'ĭ-tē) ![]() |
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noun
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Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts.
— Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
Synonyms: perspicuousness, plainness
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