pellucid

[ puh-loo-sid ]

adjective

1. allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent

   Antonyms: opaque

2. clear; limpid:

   pellucid waters.

   Synonyms: transparent

   Antonyms: opaque

3. clear in meaning, expression, or style:

   a pellucid way of writing.

   Antonyms: obscure

pellucid

/ pɛˈluːsɪd /

adjective

1. transparent or translucent
2. extremely clear in style and meaning; limpid

Derived Forms

• ˌpelluˈcidity, noun
• pelˈlucidly, adverb

Other Words From

• pel·lu·cid·i·ty [pel-, oo, -, sid, -i-tee], pel·lucid·ness noun
• pel·lucid·ly adverb
• subpel·lucid adjective
• subpel·lucid·ly adverb
• subpel·lucid·ness noun
• subpel·lu·cidi·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pellucid¹

First recorded in 1610–20; from Latin pellūcidus, variant of perlūcidus “transparent, radiant”; per-, lucid

Word History and Origins

Origin of pellucid¹

C17: from Latin pellūcidus, variant of perlūcidus, from perlūcēre to shine through, from per through + lūcēre to shine

Example Sentences

The fresh green blade of corn is like this—so pellucid, so clear and pure in its green as to seem to shine with colour.

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Greatest miracle of all, a tiny stream of pellucid water was flowing down the Gulch.

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Like some of our own pellucid waters, it is a Naiad of the purest kind, sleeping on coral and crystal couches.

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She was enveloped in a cloud, a thick case guarding overtaxed mind and body, and shutting them in its pellucid chrysalis.

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These wells were filled with water, and with a blue light, celestial in its loveliness,—a light ethereal and pellucid.

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