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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  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.
  
              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.
  
     Syn: Distinguished; eminent; famous; illustrious; prominent;
          celebrated. See {Distinguished}. -- {Con*spic"u*ous*ly},
          adv. -- {Con*spic"u*ous*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

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