Both Uses of
conspicuous
in
In Cold Blood
- Fleming, seventy-one, a former mayor of Garden City, a short man who enlivens an unsensational appearance with rather conspicuous neckwear, resisted the assignment.†
Chpt 4 *
- When rational motives are conspicuous (for example, when a man kills for personal gain) or when the irrational motives are accompanied by delusions or hallucinations (for example, a paranoid patient who kills his fantasied persecutor), the situation presents little problem to the psychiatrist.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
easily noticed -- typically attracting attention such as by being large, flashy, or unusual