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lim⋅pid

  [lim-pid]
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–adjective
1. clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
2. free from obscurity; lucid; clear: a limpid style; limpid prose.
3. completely calm; without distress or worry: a limpid, emotionless existence.
Origin:
1605–15; < L limpidus clear. See lymph, -id 4

Related forms:
lim⋅pid⋅i⋅ty, lim⋅pid⋅ness, noun
lim⋅pid⋅ly, adverb
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lim·pid   (lĭm'pĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Characterized by transparent clearness; pellucid. See Synonyms at clear.

  2. Easily intelligible; clear: writes in a limpid style.

  3. Calm and untroubled; serene.


[Latin limpidus.]
lim·pid'i·ty, lim'pid·ness n., lim'pid·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

limpid 
1609, from Fr. limpide, from L. limpidus "clear," from limpa "water goddess, water;" probably cognate with lympha "clear liquid" (see lymph).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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