Meaning and example
(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
Writes in a limpid style
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.357 places perspicuous in the rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 64.1% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
Similar-prevalence words
- Known by
- 64.1%
a medicine used to relieve pain
- Known by
- 64%
a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen
- Known by
- 63.7%
an insufficient quantity or number
- Known by
- 64.5%
a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- Known by
- 64.7%
marked by lack of definite plan or regularity or purpose; jumping from one thing to another
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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