pellucid
/pe'lju:sid/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Transparently clear; easily understandable: Used to describe language, writing, or explanation that is exceptionally clear and easy to comprehend.
- Transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity: Used to describe a physical substance, like water or air, that is perfectly clear and transparent.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Clarity of Language):
- Her pellucid explanation made the complex theory accessible to everyone.
- The author's pellucid prose is a joy to read.
- Adjective (Physical Transparency):
- We swam in the pellucid water of the mountain lake.
- The pellucid air after the rain offered a stunning view of the valley.
Advanced Usage
- "Pellucid clarity": An emphatic phrase highlighting extreme clearness, though somewhat redundant.
- The documentary was praised for its pellucid clarity on a difficult subject.
- Used in literary or formal contexts to elevate description beyond simple words like "clear" or "transparent."
Variants and Related Words
- Pellucidity (n): The quality of being pellucid; clearness.
- The pellucidity of his argument was undeniable.
- Pellucidly (adv): In a pellucid manner.
- She explained the process pellucidly.
Synonyms
- Lucid: Clear and easy to understand; bright or luminous.
- Limpid: (Of a liquid) completely clear and transparent; (of writing or music) clear and accessible.
- Transparent: Allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen; easy to perceive or detect.
- Perspicuous: (Of language or argument) clearly expressed and easily understood.
Antonyms
- Opaque: Not able to be seen through; not transparent. Hard to understand.
- Turbid: (Of a liquid) cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter.
- Muddled: Confused, not clear.
Related Idioms or Phrases
- While "pellucid" itself is not commonly used in fixed idioms, it is the type of word that might appear in phrases like "pellucid as crystal" to create a vivid simile for perfect clarity.
- Her instructions were pellucid as crystal, leaving no room for doubt.
Adjective
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(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
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writes in a limpid style
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lucid directions
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a luculent oration- Robert Burton
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pellucid prose
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a crystal clear explanation
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a perspicuous argument
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transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
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the cold crystalline water of melted snow
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crystal clear skies
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could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool
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lucid air
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a pellucid brook
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transparent crystal
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