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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective limpid has 3 senses
- limpid(s = adj.all) liquid - clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
- limpid(s = adj.all) crystal clear, crystalline, lucid, pellucid, transparent - 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" Derived form noun limpidity2
- limpid(s = adj.all) crystal clear, lucid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous - (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument" Derived form noun limpidity1
CIDE DICTIONARY
limpid, a. [L. limpidus; akin to Gr. la`mpein to shine: cf. F. limpide. Cf. Lamp.].
- Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream. [1913 Webster]"Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid."
- Clear and unambiguous; lucid; easy to understand; -- of speech and writing; as, limpid prose. [PJC]
- Calm, untroubled, and without worry; serene. [PJC]
Syn. -- Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
limpid, adj.
1 (of water, eyes, etc.) clear, transparent.
2 (of writing) clear and easily comprehended.
1 (of water, eyes, etc.) clear, transparent.
2 (of writing) clear and easily comprehended.
Derivative
limpidity n. limpidly adv. limpidness n.
Etymology
F limpide or L limpidus, perh. rel. to LYMPH
THESAURUS
limpid
Attic, Ciceronian, chaste, classic, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, coherent, connected, consistent, crisp, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, defined, definite, diaphane, diaphanous, direct, distinct, easy, elegant, explicit, express, filmy, finished, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, graceful, gracile, light-pervious, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, natural, neat, nonopaque, peekaboo, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, polished, pure, refined, restrained, revealing, round, see-through, sheer, simple, straightforward, tasteful, terse, thin, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, trim, unaffected, unambiguous, unclouded, unconfused, unequivocal, univocal, unlabored, unmistakable, well-definedROGET THESAURUS
limpid
Transparency
N transparence, transparency, clarity, translucence, translucency, diaphaneity, lucidity, pellucidity, limpidity, fluorescence, transillumination, translumination, transparent medium, glass, crystal, lymph, vitrite, water, transparent, pellucid, lucid, diaphanous, translucent, tralucent, relucent, limpid, clear, serene, crystalline, clear as crystal, vitreous, transpicuous, glassy, hyaline, hyaloid, vitreform.
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