pellucid

English

Etymology

From Latin pellūcidus, from per (“through”) + lūcidus (“clear, bright”) (from whence lucid), from lūceō (“shine, be visible”). Compare clear, crystal clear, both also with literal meaning “transparent” but metaphorical meaning “easily understood”.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈluːsɪd/

Adjective

pellucid (comparative more pellucid, superlative most pellucid)

1. allowing for the passage of light; transparent
2. easily understood; clear

Synonyms

(easily understood):

• clear, crystal clear
• limpid, lucid

Related terms

• pellucidity
• elucidate
• lucid

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.

• 1857 - R. M. Ballantyne, Chapter XVI of The Coral Island

  and the bright seaweeds and the brilliant corals shone in the depths of that pellucid water, as we rowed over it, like rare and precious gems

Translations

transparent

Spanish: transparente (es), diáfano (es), cristalino (es)

easily understood

Spanish: diáfano