perspicuous
pers·pi·cuous
adjective
1.
(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
- “writes in a limpid style”
- “lucid directions”
- “a luculent oration” Robert Burton
- “pellucid prose”
- “a crystal clear explanation”
- “a perspicuous argument”
Origin
From Latin perspicuus, in turn from perspiciō (“see through”).
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