limpidity
pɪd 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.
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limpid (ˈlɪmpɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | clear or transparent |
| 2. | (esp of writings, style, etc) free from obscurity |
| 3. | calm; peaceful |
| [C17: from French limpide, from Latin limpidus clear] | |
| lim'pidity | |
| —n | |
| 'limpidness | |
| —n | |
| 'limpidly | |
| —adv | |
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Limpidity
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| 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. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| limpid (ˈlɪmpɪd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | clear or transparent |
| 2. | (esp of writings, style, etc) free from obscurity |
| 3. | calm; peaceful |
| [C17: from French limpide, from Latin limpidus clear] | |
| lim'pidity | |
| —n | |
| 'limpidness | |
| —n | |
| 'limpidly | |
| —adv | |
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limpid
1609, from Fr. limpide, from L. limpidus "clear," from limpa "water goddess, water;" probably cognate with lympha "clear liquid" (see lymph).
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