patent
PAT-untadjMeaning plain and obvious
Memory hook PAT’S TENT: as plain as can be. Pat pitches a bright orange tent in the middle of the lawn and calls it her secret hideout; that hiding place is patent to everyone.
His story about a dog eating his homework was a patent fib; he doesn’t even have a dog.
In context The claim that the old bridge was safe was patent nonsense: anyone could see the cracks running through its stone arches.
Similar obvious, evident, plain, clear
Opposite hidden, unclear, doubtful
From Latin patens, “lying open,” from patere (to be open).