limpid

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: lim=pid

CIDE DICTIONARY

limpid, a. [L. limpidus; akin to Gr. la`mpein to shine: cf. F. limpide. Cf. Lamp.].

•  Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream.  [1913 Webster]

  "Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid."
•  Clear and unambiguous; lucid; easy to understand; -- of speech and writing; as, limpid prose.  [PJC]
•  Calm, untroubled, and without worry; serene.  [PJC]

Syn. -- Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

limpid, adj.
1 (of water, eyes, etc.) clear, transparent.
2 (of writing) clear and easily comprehended.

Derivative

limpidity n. limpidly adv. limpidness n.

Etymology

F limpide or L limpidus, perh. rel. to LYMPH

THESAURUS

limpid

Attic, Ciceronian, chaste, classic, clean-cut, clear, clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, coherent, connected, consistent, crisp, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, defined, definite, diaphane, diaphanous, direct, distinct, easy, elegant, explicit, express, filmy, finished, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, graceful, gracile, light-pervious, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, natural, neat, nonopaque, peekaboo, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, polished, pure, refined, restrained, revealing, round, see-through, sheer, simple, straightforward, tasteful, terse, thin, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, trim, unaffected, unambiguous, unclouded, unconfused, unequivocal, univocal, unlabored, unmistakable, well-defined

ROGET THESAURUS

limpid

Transparency

N transparence, transparency, clarity, translucence, translucency, diaphaneity, lucidity, pellucidity, limpidity, fluorescence, transillumination, translumination, transparent medium, glass, crystal, lymph, vitrite, water, transparent, pellucid, lucid, diaphanous, translucent, tralucent, relucent, limpid, clear, serene, crystalline, clear as crystal, vitreous, transpicuous, glassy, hyaline, hyaloid, vitreform.