candid
[ kan-did ]
/ ˈkæn dɪd /
adjective
noun
an unposed photograph.
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Origin of candid
SYNONYMS FOR candid
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candid
/ (ˈkændɪd) /
adjective
frank and outspokenhe was candid about his dislike of our friends
without partiality; unbiased
unposed or informala candid photograph
obsolete
- white
- clear or pure
Word Origin for candid
C17: from Latin candidus white, from candēre to be white
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candid
1620s, "white," from Latin candidum "white; pure; sincere, honest, upright," from candere "to shine," from PIE root *kand- "to glow, to shine" (see candle). In English, metaphoric extension to "frank" first recorded 1670s (cf. French candide "open, frank, ingenuous, sincere"). Of photography, 1929. Related: Candidly; candidness.
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