pellucid
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You may have heard the word lucid, which means clear. Both lucid and pellucid derive from a Latin word that means "to shine through." Pellucid water is clear, a pellucid sky is a particularly intense shade of blue, pellucid prose is writing that's easy to understand, and pellucid singing is clear and light in tone.
Definitions of pellucid
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transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity“a pellucid brook”
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synonyms:
crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, lucid, transparent
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clear
allowing light to pass through
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clear
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(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable“pellucid prose”
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synonyms:
crystal clear, limpid, lucid, luculent, perspicuous
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clear
readily apparent to the mind
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clear
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