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limpid
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.
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-definedROGET 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.For further exploring for "limpid" in Webster Dictionary Online