conspicuous

CEFRB2

/kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/

adjective

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adjective
Easy to see or notice.
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adjective
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Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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[...] 1. Handsignalmen, where needed, ought to wear a conspicuous orange/yellow cape (like many road workmen) to draw attention to them.
1964 April, “Letters: Rethinking emergency procedures”, in Modern Railways, page 274
“No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”
1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 7, in Well Tackled!
For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous.
1969, Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet, Penguin Books Ltd, page 6

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From Latin conspicuus (“visible, striking”), from cōnspicere (“to notice”), from con- (“with, together”) + specere (“to look at”).