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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Conspicuous

Con·spic′u·ous (kŏn·spĭk′ū·ŭs), a. [L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere to get sight of, to perceive; con- + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy] 1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.

It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. Milton.

Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess stood. Sir W. Scott.

2. Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous excellence, or fault.

A man who holds a conspicuous place in the political, ecclesiastical, and literary history of England. Macaulay.

Syn. — Distinguished; eminent; famous; illustrious; prominent; celebrated. See Distinguished.

— Con·spic′u·ous·ly, adv. — Con·spic′u·ous·ness, n.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.