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Definition of Perspicuity
1. Noun. Clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous.
Generic synonyms: Clarity, Clearness, Limpidity, Lucidity, Lucidness, Pellucidity
Derivative terms: Perspicuous, Perspicuous, Plain
Definition of Perspicuity
1. n. The quality or state of being transparent or translucent.
Definition of Perspicuity
1. Noun. Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous. ¹
2. Noun. Perspicacity; insight. ¹
3. Noun. (rare) Transparency; translucence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Perspicuity
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Perspicuity
Literary usage of Perspicuity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric by Hugh Blair (1823)
"The qualities of a good style may be ranged under two heads, perspicuity, ...
It will readily be admitted, that perspicuity is the fundamental quality of a ..."
2. Philosophy of Rhetoric by John Bascom (1866)
"perspicuity. AMONG the qualities of a good style, perspicuity ... perspicuity has
reference to the ease, certainty, and precision with which the language ..."
3. English Grammar: The English Language in Its Elements and Forms ; with a by William Chauncey Fowler (1855)
"perspicuity. § 609. WHATEVER be the end aimed at by the orator, unless he speaks
so as to be understood, he speaks to no purpose. If he fails in perspicuity ..."
4. A Grammar of Rhetoric and Polite Literature by Alexander Jamieson (1840)
"And since perspicuity is more properly a rhetorical than a grammatical quality,
we shall point out the different ways in which a writer may fail to produce ..."
5. The Works of James Arminius, D. D., Formerly Professor of Divinity in the by Jacobus Arminius, James Nichols (1828)
"I. THE perspicuity of the Scriptures is a quality agreeing with them as with a sign
... That perspicuity is a quality which agrees with the Scriptures, ..."
6. The Elements of Rhetoric by James De Mille (1882)
"These are: I. perspicuity; II. Persuasiveness; III. Harmony. CHAPTER II. ...
perspicuity means clearness of expression, and may be defined as such a use of ..."
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