Conspicuous
Conspicuous , adjective
[Latin conspicuus, from 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.
Conspicious by her veil and hood,
Signing the cross, the abbess stood.
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.