Con*spic"u*ous (?), 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.
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