LIMPID

limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous

(adjective) (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; “writes in a limpid style”; “lucid directions”; “a luculent oration”- Robert Burton; “pellucid prose”; “a crystal clear explanation”; “a perspicuous argument”

crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent

(adjective) transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity; “the cold crystalline water of melted snow”; “crystal clear skies”; “could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool”; “lucid air”; “a pellucid brook”; “transparent crystal”

liquid, limpid

(adjective) clear and bright; “the liquid air of a spring morning”; “eyes shining with a liquid luster”; “limpid blue eyes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

limpid (comparative more limpid, superlative most limpid)

Clear, transparent or bright.

Source: Wiktionary


Lim"pid, a. Etym: [L.limpidus; akin to Gr. limpide. Cf. Lamp.]

Definition: Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream. Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid. Woodward.

Syn.

– Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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