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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERSPICU'ITY, n. [L. perspicuitas, from perspicio.]
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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous [syn: perspicuity, perspicuousness, plainness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see perspicuous

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Perspicuity Per`spi*cu"i*ty, n. [L. perspicuitas: cf. F. perspicuit['e].] 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Clearness, lucidness, lucidity, transparency, plainness, intelligibility, perspicuousness, distinctness, explicitness.

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