pellucid
[puh-loo-sid]
adjective
allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent.
clear or limpid: pellucid waters.
clear in meaning, expression, or style: a pellucid way of writing.
Origin of pellucid
Synonyms for pellucid
2. transparent.
Antonyms for pellucid
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bright, comprehensible, explicit, limpid, luminous, plain, simple, translucent, transparentExamples from the Web for pellucid
Historical Examples of pellucid
Peter was silent for a while, aware of the pellucid meaning of her "it."
The Vagrant DukeGeorge Gibbs
He believes in making music as pellucid to the hearers as clear water.
A Day with Felix Mendelssohn BartholdyGeorge Sampson
Pellucid: colored, but transparent: sometimes applied when there is no color.
Explanation of Terms Used in EntomologyJohn. B. Smith
Soon they were all joyously stamping and dancing in what had so lately been a pellucid pool.
A Book of MythsJean Lang
Often the air is calm and pellucid, without a single cloud on high.
An Iceland FishermanPierre Loti
pellucid
adjective
Word Origin for pellucid
C17: from Latin pellūcidus, variant of perlūcidus, from perlūcēre to shine through, from per through + lūcēre to shine
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pellucid
[pə-lōō′sĭd]
adj.
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