Etymology
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From Latin conspicuus (“visible, striking”), from cōnspicere (“to notice”), from con- (“with, together”) + specere (“to look at”).
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conspicuous (comparative more conspicuous, superlative most conspicuous)
- Obvious or easy to notice.
He was conspicuous by his absence.
1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled![1]:“No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”
1964 April, “Letters: Rethinking emergency procedures”, in Modern Railways, page 274:[...] 1. Handsignalmen, where needed, ought to wear a conspicuous orange/yellow cape (like many road workmen) to draw attention to them.
- Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.
1969, Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet, Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous.
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obvious or easy to notice
- Afrikaans: opvallende
- Bulgarian: очевиден (bg) (očeviden), забележим (bg) (zabeležim)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 顯眼/显眼 (zh) (xiǎnyǎn)
- Czech: nápadný (cs)
- Danish: påfaldende
- Dutch: opvallend (nl)
- Esperanto: okulfrapa
- Estonian: silmatorkav
- Faroese: eyðsýndur, sjónskur
- Finnish: silmäänpistävä, huomiota herättävä
- French: qui se remarque aisément, visible (fr), voyant (fr), remarquable (fr)
- German: auffällig (de), augenfällig (de), offensichtlich (de), sichtbar (de), hervorstechend (de), augenscheinlich (de), offenkundig (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient: περιφανής (periphanḗs)
- Hungarian: nyilvánvaló (hu), jól látható
- Italian: evidente (it), lampante (it)
- Korean: 눈에띄다 (nun-e ttuida)
- Latin: conspicuus, insignis
- Macedonian: очи́гледен (očígleden), оче́виден (očéviden)
- Malayalam: പ്രകടമായ (prakaṭamāya)
- Maori: tiori, wana, tiwha, kōhure, pīrata
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: påfallende, åpenbar (no)
- Occitan: visible (oc)
- Plautdietsch: oppfaulent
- Polish: widoczny (pl), zauważalny (pl), rzucający się w oczy
- Portuguese: conspícuo (pt), proeminente (pt)
- Russian: очеви́дный (ru) (očevídnyj)
- Spanish: conspicuo (es), llamativo (es), ilustre (es), notorio (es), ostentoso (es)
- Swedish: iögonfallande (sv), påfallande (sv), uppenbar (sv), markant (sv), slående (sv)
- Turkish: bariz (tr), belli (tr)
- Yiddish: אויגן־רײַסיק (oygn-raysik)
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noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive
- Bulgarian: биещ на очи (biešt na oči)
- Czech: nápadný (cs)
- Danish: påfaldende, iøjnefaldende
- Dutch: afzichtelijk (nl)
- Estonian: silmatorkav
- Finnish: silmäänpistävä
- French: qui attire l’attention
- Georgian: შესამჩნევი (šesamčnevi)
- German: auffällig (de), auffallend (de), spürbar (de), sichtbar (de), wahrnehmbar (de)
- Hebrew: בולט (he) (bolet')
- Hungarian: feltűnő (hu), szembetűnő (hu), szembeszökő (hu), szembeötlő (hu), jól látható
- Italian: notevole (it), vistoso (it)
- Korean: 뽐내다 (ppomnaeda), 젠체하다 (jenche-hada)
- Latin: conspicuus
- Macedonian: во́очлив (vóočliv)
- Maori: tiori, kanapa, kōhure
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: iøynefallende (no)
- Polish: niezwykły (pl), rażący (pl)
- Portuguese: conspícuo (pt), proeminente (pt), saliente (pt)
- Russian: выделя́ющийся (ru) (vydeljájuščijsja), заме́тный (ru) (zamétnyj)
- Spanish: conspicuo (es), llamativo (es)
- Turkish: dikkat çeken, göze çarpan
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Further reading
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- w:Conspicuous consumption
- w:Conspicuous leisure
- “conspicuous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “conspicuous”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “conspicuous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.