| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| transpicuous |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tran·spic·u·ous |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr n-sp k y - s |
| ADJECTIVE: | Easily understood or seen through: transpicuous motives. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From New Latin tr nspicuus, from Latin trnspicere, to see through : trns-, trans- + specere, to look at; see spek- in Appendix I.
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