# conspicuous

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-SPIK-yoo-uhs" /kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/

## Adjective

1. Standing out clearly so as to be easily seen or noticed, sometimes in an unwelcome way.
   - Simple: Very easy to see or notice, sometimes in a way you would rather it was not.
   - _Road crews wear conspicuous orange vests so that drivers can spot them from far away._
   - _The new mayor was conspicuous by her absence at the ribbon-cutting._

## Origin

Latin con- ("with, together") and specere ("to look at") formed cōnspicere ("to notice"), and that verb gave Latin conspicuus ("visible, striking"), the source of the English word.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/conspicuous (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).