Conspicuous Definition

kənspikyo͝oəs
adjective
Easy to see or perceive; obvious.
A conspicuous billboard.
Webster's New World
Attracting attention by being unexpected, unusual, outstanding, or egregious; striking.
Conspicuous bravery, conspicuous folly.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Conspicuous

  • From Latin conspicuus (“visible, striking”), from cōnspicere (“to notice”), from con- (“with, together”) + specere (“to look at”)

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Conspicuous Sentence Examples

  • The skunk had a conspicuous spinal stripe.

  • She was sitting in a conspicuous place and talking to him like a grown-up lady.

  • It was a conspicuous landmark from the sea.

  • There was conspicuous consumption under the early emperors.

  • He played a conspicuous part in the modern doctrine of evolution.

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

SUSOUS

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Words Starting With C and Ending With S

Starts With C & Ends With SStarts With CO & Ends With SStarts With C & Ends With US

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With C11 Letter Words Ending With S