pellucid
allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent
clear in meaning, expression, or style: a pellucid way of writing.
Origin of pellucid
1Other words for pellucid
Opposites for pellucid
Other words from pellucid
- pel·lu·cid·i·ty [pel-oo-sid-i-tee], /ˌpɛl ʊˈsɪd ɪ ti/, pel·lu·cid·ness, noun
- pel·lu·cid·ly, adverb
- sub·pel·lu·cid, adjective
- sub·pel·lu·cid·ly, adverb
- sub·pel·lu·cid·ness, noun
- sub·pel·lu·cid·i·ty, noun
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How to use pellucid in a sentence
The fresh green blade of corn is like this—so pellucid, so clear and pure in its green as to seem to shine with colour.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesGreatest miracle of all, a tiny stream of pellucid water was flowing down the Gulch.
The Terms of Surrender | Louis TracyLike some of our own pellucid waters, it is a Naiad of the purest kind, sleeping on coral and crystal couches.
The Portland Sketch Book | VariousShe was enveloped in a cloud, a thick case guarding overtaxed mind and body, and shutting them in its pellucid chrysalis.
Lazarre | Mary Hartwell CatherwoodThese wells were filled with water, and with a blue light, celestial in its loveliness,—a light ethereal and pellucid.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska | Charles Warren Stoddard
British Dictionary definitions for pellucid
/ (pɛˈluːsɪd) /
transparent or translucent
extremely clear in style and meaning; limpid
Origin of pellucid
1Derived forms of pellucid
- pellucidly, adverb
- pellucidity or pellucidness, noun
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