Perspicuity

Noun

 * 1) Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous.
 * 2) * 1905, George Bernard Shaw, The Irrational Knot, ch. 18,
 * Whether through the first officer's want of perspicuity or my own stupidity, I was not a bit the wiser for the explanation.
 * 1) Perspicacity; insight.
 * 2) * 1965, "The Stupid Spy," Time, 19 Mar,
 * Thompson, a high school dropout, said with rare perspicuity that he doubted the FBI would hire him.
 * 1)  Transparency; translucence.
 * 2) * 1900, Edith Wharton, The Touchstone, ch. 11,
 * It must have been on some such day of harsh sunlight, the incisive February brightness that gives perspicuity without warmth.

Thesaurus
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Alternative forms

 * perspicuite


 * perspicuitie


 * perspicuitye


 * perspicuyte


 * perspycuitie

Etymology
From the Classical perspicuitas:, from perspicuus:; compare perspicacity: and the  perspicuité:.

Synonyms

 * perspicuousness

Related terms

 * perspicacious
 * perspicaciously
 * perspective