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limpid

[ lim-pid ]

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.



limpid

/ ˈlɪmpɪd /

adjective

  1. clear or transparent
  2. (esp of writings, style, etc) free from obscurity
  3. calm; peaceful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈlimpidly, adverb
  • limˈpidity, noun
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Other Words From

  • lim·pidi·ty limpid·ness noun
  • limpid·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of limpid1

First recorded in 1605–15, limpid is from the Latin word limpidus clear. See lymph, -id 4
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Word History and Origins

Origin of limpid1

C17: from French limpide, from Latin limpidus clear
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Example Sentences

The Maryland artist overlaps limpid hues, echoing Morris Louis’s style if not his technique.

Minutes would pass in silence, and Cobber would fix his big limpid understanding eyes on the person's lost face.

Despite the beautiful, limpid looks, and melodious voice, Fraser has always possessed a steely determination to do things her way.

He was thirty but looked little over twenty, and his large limpid blue eyes were as guileless as a child's.

The girl's earliest memories were of the cozy log-cabin upon the banks of the limpid, gurgling creek.

The poorest of those infidel dogs have homes of white marble and enchanting gardens, embellished with limpid fountains.

An almost unknown emotion, a limpid, seething love flooded his heart.

It is in the most beautiful azure depths of the limpid water that this hideous, voracious polyp delights.

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