LUCID

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”

coherent, logical, lucid

(adjective) capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner; “a lucid thinker”; “she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident”

lucid

(adjective) having a clear mind; “a lucid moment in his madness”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

lucid (comparative lucider or more lucid, superlative lucidest or most lucid)

clear; easily understood

mentally rational; sane

bright, luminous, translucent or transparent

Synonyms

• (easily understood): clear, perspicuous, straightforward; See also comprehensible

• (mentally rational): coherent, sane

• (bright): brilliant, light

• (luminous): glowing, radiant; See also shining

• (transparent): clear, pellucid, see-through, transparent; See also transparent or translucent

Noun

lucid (plural lucids)

A lucid dream.

Anagrams

• Ludic, dulic, ludic

Source: Wiktionary


Lu"cid, a. Etym: [L. lucidus, fr. lux, lucis, light. See Light, n.]

1. Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven. Lucid, like a glowworm. Sir I. Newton. A court compact of lucid marbles. Tennyson.

2. Clear; transparent. " Lucid streams." Milton.

3. Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear. A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate. Macaulay.

4. Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval.

Syn.

– Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable. See Luminous.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

15 April 2025

DOOMED

(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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