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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Transpicuous \Tran*spic"u*ous\, a. [L. transpicere to see or
     look through + specere, spicere, to see. Cf. Conspicuous.]
     Transparent; pervious to the sight. [R.] ``The wide,
     transpicuous air.'' --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Transpicuous \Tran*spic"u*ous\, a. [L. transpicere to see or
     look through + specere, spicere, to see. Cf. Conspicuous.]
     Transparent; pervious to the sight. [R.] ``The wide,
     transpicuous air.'' --Milton.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  transpicuous
     a.
     (lb en rare) Easily construed or seen through.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  transpicuous
     a.
     (lb en rare) Easily construed or seen through.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  transpicuous
     a.
     (lb en rare) Easily construed or seen through.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  transpicuous
     a.
     (lb en rare) Easily construed or seen through.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  transpicuous
     Englanti a.
     läpinäkyvä

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  transpicuous /tɹanspˈɪkjuːəs/
   [rare]  [formal] durchsichtig, transparent  [techn.]
     Synonyms: transparent, translucent, lucid, limpid
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  transpicuous /tɹanspˈɪkjuːəs/
  durchsichtig, leicht zu durchschauen  [übtr.]
        "Some motives are less transpicuous than others."  - Einige Beweggründe sind weniger leicht zu durchschauen als andere.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "transpicuous":
     clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut,
     coherent, connected, consistent, crisp, crystal, crystal-clear,
     crystalline, defined, definite, diaphane, diaphanous, direct,
     distinct, explicit, express, filmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery,
     light-pervious, limpid, loud and clear, lucent, lucid, luminous,
     nonopaque, peekaboo, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, revealing,
     see-through, sheer, simple, straightforward, thin, translucent,
     transparent, unambiguous, unclouded, unconfused, unequivocal,
     univocal, unmistakable, well-defined
  
  

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