perspicuity UK /ˌpəːspɪˈkjuːɪti/US /ˌpɚspəˈkjuəti/ noun3 •Clarity, lucidity, especially in expression; the state or characteristic of being perspicuous.[…]whether through the first officer's want of perspicuity or my own stupidity, I was not a bit the wiser for the explanation. — 1880 •(rare) Transparency; translucence.It must have been on some such day of harsh sunlight, the incisive February brightness that gives perspicuity without warmth. — 1900 •Perspicacity; insight.Thompson, a high school dropout, said with rare perspicuity that he doubted the FBI would hire him. — 1965 formsperspicuities