limpid

American  

[lim-pid] / ˈlɪm pɪd /

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.

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limpid British  

/ ˈlɪmpɪd /

adjective

1. clear or transparent

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

3. calm; peaceful

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Other Word Forms

• limpidity noun
• limpidly adverb
• limpidness noun

Etymology

Origin of limpid

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

Example Sentences

The limpid four-movement ballet is both courtly and casual, with its intricately evolving choreographic patterns gently beguiling, as if seen in a crystalline hall of mirrors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

So is the limpid “Zhou Dunyi Admiring Lotuses,” an exquisite Qiu Ying scroll painting dated to the 1530s.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

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

From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2022

Dvorak’s “Water Goblin,” adapted from the poem by Karel Jaromír Erben, was also expertly told — the icy, limpid surface etched by the strings barely concealed a lurking menace below.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2022

Black prow by prow those hulls were made fast in a limpid calm without a ripple, stillness all around them.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer