/
kənˈspɪkjʊəs/
adj.
clearly visible.
▸attracting notice or attention.
Phrase
- conspicuous by one's absence
obviously not present where one should be.
Derivative
- conspicuity n.
- conspicuously adv.
- conspicuousness n.
Etymology
C16: from L. conspicuus (from conspicere ‘look at attentively’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + spicere ‘look at’) + -ous.