a. [ L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere to get sight of, to perceive; con- + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy ]
It was a rock
Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds,
Conspicious far. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Conspicious by her veil and hood,
Signing the cross, the abbess stood. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
A man who holds a conspicuous place in the political, ecclesiastical, and literary history of England. Macaulay.
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a. [ L. inconspicuus. See In- not, and Conspicuous. ] Not conspicuous or noticeable; hardly discernible. --
a. Inconspicuous. [ R. ] Ed. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]