[kənˈspɪkjʊəs], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- clearly visible
(e.g: he was very thin, with a conspicuous Adam's apple)


Phrases:
- conspicuous by one's absence

Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin conspicuus (from conspicere ‘look at attentively’, from con- (expressing intensive force) + spicere ‘look at’) + -ous