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pel·lu·cid

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–adjective

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

2.	clear or limpid: pellucid waters.

3.	clear in meaning, expression, or style: a pellucid way of writing.

[Origin: 1610–20; < L pellūcidus, var. of perlūcidus. See per-, lucid

]

—Related forms

pel·lu·cid·i·ty

Audio Help [pel-oo-sid-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, pel·lu·cid·ness, noun

pel·lu·cid·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 2. transparent.

—Antonyms 1, 2. opaque. 3. obscure.

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pel·lu·cid Audio Help (pə-lōō'sĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Admitting the passage of light; transparent or translucent. See Synonyms at clear.
Transparently clear in style or meaning: pellucid prose.

[Latin pellūcidus, from pellūcēre, to shine through : per-, through; see per- + lūcēre, to shine; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

pel·lu·cid'i·ty, pel·lu'cid·ness n., pel·lu'cid·ly adv.

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pellucid

"transparent, translucent," 1619, from L. pellucidus "transparent," from pellucere "shine through," from per- "through" + lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)).

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pellucid
adjective
1.	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 crystal" [syn: crystalline]
2.	(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" [syn: limpid]

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pel·lu·cid (p-lsd)
adj.

Admitting the passage of light; transparent or translucent.

pel·lu·cidi·ty or pel·lucid·ness n.

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Pellucid

Pel*lu"cid\, a. [L. pellucidus; per (see Per-) + lucidus clear, bright: cf. F. pellucide.] Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque. "Pellucid crystal." --Dr. H. More. "Pellucid streams." --Wordsworth.

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