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adjective
1.
frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
2.
free from reservation, disguise, or subterfuge; straightforward: a candid opinion.
3.
informal; unposed: a candid photo.
4.
honest; impartial: a candid mind.
5.
EXPANDArchaic. white.
6.
COLLAPSEArchaic. clear; pure.
noun
7.
an unposed photograph.
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Candid
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1620–30; (< French candide) < Latin candidus shining white, equivalent to cand(ēre) to be shining white (akin to incense) + -idus -id4
1620–30; (< French candide) < Latin candidus shining white, equivalent to cand(ēre) to be shining white (akin to incense) + -idus -id4
Related forms
can·did·ly, adverb
can·did·ness, noun
pseu·do·can·did, adjective
pseu·do·can·did·ly, adverb
qua·si-can·did, adjective
EXPANDqua·si-can·did·ly, adverb
sub·can·did, adjective
sub·can·did·ly, adverb
sub·can·did·ness, noun
su·per·can·did, adjective
su·per·can·did·ly, adverb
su·per·can·did·ness, noun
un·can·did, adjective
un·can·did·ly, adverb
un·can·did·ness, noun
COLLAPSE
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Example Sentences
- At the end of his life, he wrote an autobiography for his children that was totally candid, and not intended for publication.
- Her writing voice is just as striking—alternately sweet and sour, naïve and cynical, but always unflinchingly candid.
- It is a remarkably candid and revealing look at the man behind the camera.
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Word Origin & History
candid
1620s, "white," from L. candidum "white; pure; sincere, honest, upright," from candere "to shine," from PIE base *kand- "to glow, to shine" (see candle). In English, metaphoric extension to "frank" first recorded 1670s (cf. Fr. candide "open, frank, ingenuous, sincere").
EXPAND Of photography, 1929. Related: Candidly.
COLLAPSE
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