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lucid

When you call something lucid, you mean it's "easy to understand" or "sensible": "The singer's lucid style was obscured by backup singers chanting 'Shama-lama-ding-dong.'"

Lucid is ultimately from Latin lux meaning "light," and its current senses are all based on the original meaning "shining, luminous." On the one hand it refers to things that can be understood without difficulty ("a lucid definition"), on the other to sound states of mind (a madman might have "lucid intervals"). In a lucid dream, you're aware that you are dreaming and you may be able to control the dream.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: lucid

1
adj
(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
2
adj
transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: lucid
1

adj (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable

lucid directions”
Synonyms:
crystal clear, limpid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous
clear
readily apparent to the mind

adj having a clear mind

“a lucid moment in his madness”
Synonyms
sane
mentally healthy; free from mental disorder

adj capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner

“a lucid thinker”
Synonyms:
coherent, logical
rational
consistent with or based on or using reason
2

adj transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

lucid air”
Synonyms:
crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, pellucid, transparent
clear
allowing light to pass through
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