pellucidity

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pel⋅lu⋅cid

[puh-loo-sid]

–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 [pel-oo-sid-i-tee]

, 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 (pə-lōō'sĭd)

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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Word Origin & History

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 pel·lu·cid (pə-l&oomacr;'sĭd)
adj.
Admitting the passage of light; transparent or translucent.

pel·lu·cid'i·ty or pel·lu'cid·ness n.

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