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pellucid

adj
/pɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/UK/pəˈlusɪd/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin per Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin lūcidus Latin pellūciduslbor. English pellucid The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin pellūcidus, perlucidus (“transparent, pellucid; very bright; very understandable”), from per- (prefix meaning ‘through; throughout; completely, thoroughly’) + lūcidus (“clear; full of light, bright, shining; (figuratively) easily understood, clear, lucid”) (from lūceō (“to shine; to become visible, show through; (figuratively) to be apparent, conspicuous, or evident”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Late Latin pellucidum (“transparent substance”) * Middle French pellucide (modern French pellucide (“pellucid”))

  1. derived from *lewk-✻ — “bright; to see; to shine”
  2. learned borrowing from pellūcidus

Definitions

  1. Allowing the passage of light

    Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.

    • This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as VVater or Cryſtal of the Rock, and vvithout Colour; enduring a red Heat vvithout loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining vvithout Fuſion.

  2. Easily understood

    Easily understood; clear.

    • Written in spare, pellucid prose, the book reads like a close-to-the-bone memoir.

  3. Of music or some other sound

    Of music or some other sound: not discordant or harsh; clear and pure-sounding.

    • Opera star [Giorgio] Tozzi sings with the richness of burnished bronze and [Sharon] Daniels complements him with her pellucid soprano.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Of a person, their mind, etc.

      Of a person, their mind, etc.: able to think and understand clearly; not confused; clear, sharp.

    2. Easily recognized or seen through

      Easily recognized or seen through; apparent, obvious.

    3. Something which allows the passage of light

      Something which allows the passage of light; a translucent or transparent object.

      • The true Aſtroites, vvhich in the ſun-ſhine throvvs out a briſk light radiating from one certain point, belongs to the claſs of Pellucids.

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Derived

pellucidly, pellucidness, semipellucid, subpellucid, unpellucid

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA