[しょうりつ, shouritsu] (n, vs) being conspicuously tall [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Conspicuous \Con*spic"u*ous\, a. [L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere
to get sight of, to perceive; con- + spicere, specere, to
look. See {Spy}]
1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen;
plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.
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It was a rock
Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds,
Conspicious far. --Milton.
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Conspicious by her veil and hood,
Signing the cross, the abbess stood. --Sir W.
Scott.
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2. Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly
defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a
conspicuous excellence, or fault.
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A man who holds a conspicuous place in the
political, ecclesiastical, and literary history of
England. --Macaulay.
Syn: Distinguished; eminent; famous; illustrious; prominent;
celebrated. See {Distinguished}. -- {Con*spic"u*ous*ly},
adv. -- {Con*spic"u*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
conspicuously
adv 1: in a manner tending to attract attention; "there have
been plenty of general declarations about willingness to
meet and talk, but conspicuously no mention of time and
place" [ant: {inconspicuously}]
2: in a prominent way; "the new car was prominently displayed in
the driveway" [syn: {prominently}, {conspicuously}]
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