limpid

[ lim-pid ]

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adjective

clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
free from obscurity; lucid; clear: a limpid style; limpid prose.

completely calm; without distress or worry: a limpid, emotionless existence.

Origin of limpid

First recorded in 1605–15, limpid is from the Latin word limpidus clear. See lymph, -id⁴

Other words from limpid

lim·pid·i·ty, lim·pid·ness, noun
lim·pid·ly, adverb

Words Nearby limpid

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How to use limpid in a sentence

The Maryland artist overlaps limpid hues, echoing Morris Louis’s style if not his technique.
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Minutes would pass in silence, and Cobber would fix his big limpid understanding eyes on the person's lost face.
RIP Cobber | David Frum | October 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Despite the beautiful, limpid looks, and melodious voice, Fraser has always possessed a steely determination to do things her way.
Antonia Fraser on Her Wild Marriage | Amanda Foreman | November 8, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
He was thirty but looked little over twenty, and his large limpid blue eyes were as guileless as a child's.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
The girl's earliest memories were of the cozy log-cabin upon the banks of the limpid, gurgling creek.
A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties | Charles Major

The poorest of those infidel dogs have homes of white marble and enchanting gardens, embellished with limpid fountains.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne Sue
An almost unknown emotion, a limpid, seething love flooded his heart.
At the Sign of the Cat and Racket | Honore de Balzac
It is in the most beautiful azure depths of the limpid water that this hideous, voracious polyp delights.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for limpid

limpid

/ (ˈlɪmpɪd) /

adjective

clear or transparent
(esp of writings, style, etc) free from obscurity

calm; peaceful

Origin of limpid

C17: from French limpide, from Latin limpidus clear

Derived forms of limpid

limpidity or limpidness, noun
limpidly, adverb

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