Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (II) Communication of Ideas
Section III. Means of Communicating Ideas
Various Qualities of Style

570. Perspicuity.

   NOUN:PERSPICUITY (intelligibility) [See Intelligibility]; plain speaking (manifestation) [See Manifestation]; definiteness, definition; exactness [See Truth]; explicitness, lucidness, lucidity, limpidity, clearness.
   ADJECTIVE:LUCID (intelligible) [See Intelligibility]; limpid, pellucid, clear; explicit (manifest) [See Manifestation]; exact [See Truth].
   QUOTATION:Clear conception leads naturally to clear and correct expression.—Boileau