perspicuity

UK: /ˌpɜːspɪˈkjʊːɪtɪ/ US: (pûr′spi kyo̅o̅′i tē)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

per•spi•cu•i•ty  (pûr′spi kyo̅o̅′i tē), n. 

1. clearness or lucidity, as of a statement.
2. the quality of being perspicuous.

• Latin perspicuitās. See perspicuous, -ity
• 1470–80

Synonyms

• 1. clarity, plainness, intelligibility.
• 2. transparency.
• 3 in Unabridged dictionary. Perspicuity, perspicacity are both derived from a Latin word meaning "to see through.''
  Perspicacity refers to the power of seeing clearly, to clearness of insight or judgment:
  a person of acute perspicacity; the perspicacity of his judgment.
  Perspicuity refers to something that can be seen through, i.e., to lucidity, clearness of style or exposition, freedom from obscurity:
  the perspicuity of her argument.

Antonyms

• 2. dimness, opacity.