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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread perspicuous #148592 10/02/2005 12:25 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont I ran across perspicuous in a Language Log post. seems like a good word, but it was unfamiliar to me. (clearly, my vocab is lacking.) it doesn't show up in etymonline, so I'm not sure about its root, from perspicere. it was an AWAD word a few years back (thanks, Dr. Bill!). anybody use this semi-regularly? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: perspicuous #148593 10/02/2005 12:53 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass not to be confused with perspicacious (from the same root?) perspicere, to see through OED has them cross-defined; to wit: perspicuous - 4. improperly. Discerning, perspicacious. rare. perspicacious - 3. erron. Clear, translucent, perspicuous. rare. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: perspicuous #148594 10/02/2005 1:20 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > perspicacious so, user's choice? formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: perspicuous #148595 10/02/2005 1:24 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Quote: > perspicacious so, user's choice? Depends on whether is yo skin thick enuff to withstand the slings an narrows of outraged prescrips. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: perspicuous #148596 10/02/2005 2:31 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 11 UK RhubarbCommand stranger RhubarbCommand stranger Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 11 UK I had always understood perspicuous to mean "easily understood" or "clearly expressed" and perspicacious to mean, "having a keen capacity to understand, or mentally penetrate" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: perspicuous #148597 10/02/2005 2:34 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont well, Rhub, you're obviously perspicacious, that reply was perspicuous. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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