Conspicuous

a.	1.	Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye. It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. - Milton. Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess stood. - Sir W. Scott.
	2.	Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous excellence, or fault. A man who holds a conspicuous place in the political, ecclesiastical, and literary history of England. - Macaulay.

Adj.	1.	conspicuous - obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" Synonyms: obvious Antonyms: inconspicuous, invisible - not prominent or readily noticeable; "he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole"; "the invisible man"
	2.	conspicuous - without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "open disregard of the law"; "open family strife"; "open hostility"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion" Synonyms: blatant, blazing, open

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