lucidity

English

Etymology

From French lucidité, from Late Latin lūciditās. By surface analysis, lucid +‎ -ity.

Noun

lucidity (countable and uncountable, plural lucidities)

1. The property of being lucid; lucidness.

   The lucidity of his answers argued against his being insane or confused.

   • 2024 June 11, Alex Williams, “Morrie Markoff, Listed as Oldest Man in the U.S., Dies at 110”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     He was notable not only for his longevity but also for his unusual lucidity for his age. Up to his final months, he pored over The Los Angeles Times every morning, discussed the war in Ukraine and other world events and posted dispatches about his life on his blog.

2. The state of being aware that one is dreaming, i.e. being in a lucid dream.

Derived terms

• terminal lucidity

Translations

property of being lucid

• Bulgarian: яснота (bg) f (jasnota), чистота (bg) f (čistota), светлост f (svetlost)
• Catalan: lucidesa f
• Czech: osvícenost (cs) f
• French: lucidité (fr) f
• German: Klarheit (de) f, Luzidität (de) f, Deutlichkeit (de) f, Übersichtlichkeit (de) f
• Irish: gléine f
• Portuguese: lucidez (pt) f
• Romanian: luciditate (ro) f
• Spanish: lucidez (es) f
• Swedish: tydlighet (sv), klarhet (sv) c

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “lucidity”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.