Perspicuity vs Imperspicuity - What's the difference?
perspicuity | imperspicuity | Antonyms |
Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous.
* 1905 , (George Bernard Shaw), The Irrational Knot , ch. 18,
Perspicacity; insight.
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(rare) Transparency; translucence.
* 1900 , (w), The Touchstone , ch. 11,
Imperspicuity is a antonym of perspicuity.
As nouns the difference between perspicuity and imperspicuity
is that perspicuity is clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous while imperspicuity is vagueness; lack of clarity.perspicuity
English
Alternative forms
* perspicuite (rel-mid5) * perspicuitie (rel-mid5) * perspicuitye (rel-mid5) * perspicuyte (rel-mid5) * perspycuitieNoun
- Whether through the first officer's want of perspicuity or my own stupidity, I was not a bit the wiser for the explanation.
The Stupid Spy," Time , 19 Mar,
- Thompson, a high school dropout, said with rare perspicuity that he doubted the FBI would hire him.
- It must have been on some such day of harsh sunlight, the incisive February brightness that gives perspicuity without warmth.
Synonyms
* perspicuousnessReferences
* “perspicuity]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989 * “
perspicuity, n.'']” listed in the ''Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Mar. 2010 * * * *
"perspicuity"] in Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition© & (P)2007 Microsoft Corporation. * Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.
