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limpid

lim·pid

UK/ˈlɪmpɪd/ uncommon

adjective

1.

clear and bright

  • “the liquid air of a spring morning”
  • “eyes shining with a liquid luster”
  • “limpid blue eyes”
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2.

transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

  • “the cold crystalline water of melted snow”
  • “crystal clear skies”
  • “could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool”
  • “lucid air”
  • “a pellucid brook”
  • “transparent cristal”
3.

(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable

  • “writes in a limpid style”
  • “lucid directions”
  • “a luculent oration” Robert Burton
  • “pellucid prose”
  • “a crystal clear explanation”
  • “a perspicuous argument”

Origin

From French limpide, from Latin limpidus.

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