2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Conspicuous \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
conspicuously
adv 1: in a manner tending to attract attention; "there have been
plenty of general declarations about willingness to
meet and talk, but conspicuously no mention of time
and place" [ant: {inconspicuously}]
2: in a prominent way "the new car was prominently displayed
in the driveway" [syn: {prominently}]
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