Meaning of LIMPID
| Pronunciation: | | 'limpid
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- [adj] (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"
- [adj] transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent cristal"
- [adj] clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
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| | Synonyms: | | clear, crystal clear, crystalline, liquid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous, transparent |
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| | Definition: | | \Lim"pid\ (-p[i^]d), a. [L. limpidus; akin to Gr.
la`mpein to shine: cf. F. limpide. Cf. {Lamp}.]
Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a
limpid stream.
Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid.
--Woodward.
Syn: Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal;
translucent; bright.
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| | Related Terms: | | Attic, chaste, Ciceronian, classic, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, coherent, connected, consistent, crisp, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, defined, definite, diaphane, diaphanous, direct, distinct, easy, elegant, explicit, express, filmy, finished, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, graceful, gracile, light-pervious, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, natural, neat, nonopaque, peekaboo, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, polished, pure, refined, restrained, revealing, round, see-through, sheer, simple, straightforward, tasteful, terse, thin, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, trim, unaffected, unambiguous, unclouded, unconfused, unequivocal, univocal, unlabored, unmistakable, well-defined |
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