limpid
clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
free from obscurity; lucid; clear: a limpid style; limpid prose.
completely calm; without distress or worry: a limpid, emotionless existence.
Origin of limpid
1Other words from limpid
- lim·pid·i·ty, lim·pid·ness, noun
- lim·pid·ly, adverb
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How to use limpid in a sentence
The Susquehanna is very broad at this crossing, but it cannot compare with the Delaware for limpidness and whiteness.
Peggy Owen at Yorktown | Lucy Foster MadisonThis one had: she had the secret of lake waters under rock, unfathomable in limpidness.
Diana of the Crossways, Complete | George MeredithThis Butter of Antimony by repeated distillations acquires a considerable degree of fluidity and limpidness.
Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry, 5th ed. | Pierre Joseph MacquerThe limpidness of the verses, the felicity of the designs, recall special morning moods in the morning of life.
William Blake | Irene Langridge
British Dictionary definitions for limpid
/ (ˈlɪmpɪd) /
clear or transparent
(esp of writings, style, etc) free from obscurity
calm; peaceful
Origin of limpid
1Derived forms of limpid
- limpidity or limpidness, noun
- limpidly, adverb
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