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pellucid
[ puh-loo-sid ]
adjective
- allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent
Antonyms: opaque
pellucid waters.
Synonyms: transparent
Antonyms: opaque
- clear in meaning, expression, or style:
a pellucid way of writing.
Antonyms: obscure
pellucid
/ pɛˈluːsɪd /
adjective
- transparent or translucent
- extremely clear in style and meaning; limpid
Derived Forms
- ˌpelluˈcidity, noun
- pelˈlucidly, adverb
Other Words From
- pel·lu·cid·i·ty [pel-, oo, -, sid, -i-tee], pel·lucid·ness noun
- pel·lucid·ly adverb
- subpel·lucid adjective
- subpel·lucid·ly adverb
- subpel·lucid·ness noun
- subpel·lu·cidi·ty noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of pellucid1
Example Sentences
The fresh green blade of corn is like this—so pellucid, so clear and pure in its green as to seem to shine with colour.
Greatest miracle of all, a tiny stream of pellucid water was flowing down the Gulch.
Like some of our own pellucid waters, it is a Naiad of the purest kind, sleeping on coral and crystal couches.
She was enveloped in a cloud, a thick case guarding overtaxed mind and body, and shutting them in its pellucid chrysalis.
These wells were filled with water, and with a blue light, celestial in its loveliness,—a light ethereal and pellucid.
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