limpid

[lim-pid]

adjective

1. clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air.

   We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.

2. free from obscurity; lucid; clear.

   a limpid style; limpid prose.

3. completely calm; without distress or worry.

   a limpid, emotionless existence.

limpid

/ ˈlɪmpɪd /

adjective

1. clear or transparent

2. (esp of writings, style, etc) free from obscurity

3. calm; peaceful

Other Word Forms

• limpidly adverb
• limpidity noun
• limpidness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of limpid¹

First recorded in 1605–15, limpid is from the Latin word limpidus clear. See lymph, -id ⁴

Word History and Origins

Origin of limpid¹

C17: from French limpide, from Latin limpidus clear

Example Sentences

Directly across from the local Chamber of Commerce’s “Welcome to Joshua Tree” sign on the Twentynine Palms Highway, a makeshift billboard declares “JTAM” in tall black letters set over a broad strip of limpid blue.

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The voice, Mersal later wrote, was “modern, strange, limpid and beyond categorization.”

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That nimble versatility also made for fluid shifts between limpid precision and alluring rubato, between concerto virtuosity and the recital-like intimacy with which he opened the famous 18th Variation.

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“Go for Qatar, go for Qatar!” he pleaded as he unleashed his bird into the limpid desert air.

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At moments, it seemed that the clouds resembled a dazzling coral reef, set not in the sea but in the limpid blue of the sky.

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