Pellucid
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English
Adjective
Pellucid (comparative more Pellucid, superlative most Pellucid)
- allowing for the passage of light; transparent
- easily understood; clear
Synonyms
(easily understood):
Related terms
Quotations
- 1999 - Judith Butler, 1999 Preface for Gender Trouble
- If I treat that grammar as pellucid, then I fail to call attention precisely to that sphere of language that establishes and disestablishes intelligibility, and that would be precisely to thwart my own project as I have described it to you here.
Adverbs for Pellucid
beautifully; admirably; unusually; wonderfully; marvellously; delightfully; incomparably; unsurpassably; limpidly; surprisingly; pricelessly; extraordinarily; inimitably; exquisitely; incomparably; peculiarly.
Thesaurus
Attic, Ciceronian, chaste, classic, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, cloudless, 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, light-pervious, lightish, lightsome, limpid, loud and clear, lucent, lucid, luculent, luminous, natural, neat, nonopaque, peekaboo, perspicuous, plain, polished, pure, refined, relucent, restrained, revealing, round, see-through, semipellucid, semitranslucent, serene, sheer, simple, straightforward, tasteful, terse, thin, translucent, translucid, transparent, transpicuous, trim, unaffected, unambiguous, unclouded, unconfused, unequivocal, univocal, unlabored, unmistakable, unobscured, well-defined
Etymology
From Latin pellūcidus, from per (“through”) + lūcidus (“clear, bright”) (from whence lucid) < lūceō (“shine, be visible”). Compare clear, crystal clear, both also with literal meaning “transparent” but metaphorical meaning “easily understood”.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pəˈluːsɪd/
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