easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable: a conspicuous error.
attracting special attention, as by outstanding qualities or eccentricities: He was conspicuous by his booming laughter.
Origin of conspicuous
First recorded in 1535–45; from Latin conspicuus “clearly seen, visible,” equivalent to conspic(ere) “to see, catch sight of” + -uus adjective suffix; see also conspectus;cf. contiguous, continuous, -ous
“Eyes Wide Shut” meets abandoned mansion horror flick for the conspicuous consumption set
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Mounting your monitor on an arm also makes your space easier to clean, and the result is an undeniably sleek and integrated look without the bulky, conspicuous factory base.
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Despite these conspicuous failures, climate change too is now being described with the rhetoric of warfare.
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In terms of design, the skull core of the equipment was made from single sheet bronze, while the conspicuous apex was made separately and then tightly riveted to the main helmet.
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Used primarily for ventilation purposes, this conspicuous aperture also allowed the entry of rainwater, which was then collected on the floor-based cavity known as the impluvium and then passed on to the underground cisterns for household usage.
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The system is truck-mounted and road-mobile, as are the big and conspicuous radars that stood next to it on display.
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For Shaftel this kind of licentious behavior amounts to “conspicuous consumption disguised as urbanity.”
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Any list of his conspicuous qualities turns out to be a recitation of opposites.
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As recently as a few years ago, buying and driving a hybrid was an exercise in conspicuous consumption.
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It was a dizzying time, and Shaquille handled an array of new situations with conspicuous aplomb.
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Her skeleton was long a conspicuous object, visited by ramblers on the Island.
Toronto of Old|Henry Scadding
In this Clay was conspicuous, and Webster and Calhoun were his sympathetic allies.
Expansion and Conflict|William E. Dodd
There are several buzzards and falcons and a few kites, but vultures are conspicuous by their absence.
Letters from Mesopotamia|Robert Palmer
She could hardly fail to catch his eye, she was so conspicuous with bandages.
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I raised mine to my shoulder, and pointing it toward a conspicuous savage, pulled the trigger.
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British Dictionary definitions for conspicuous
conspicuous
/ (kənˈspɪkjʊəs) /
adjective
clearly visible; obvious or showy
attracting attention because of a striking quality or featureconspicuous stupidity
Derived forms of conspicuous
conspicuously, adverbconspicuousness, noun
Word Origin for conspicuous
C16: from Latin conspicuus, from conspicere to perceive; see conspectus