English Explanatory Dictionary

elucidate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make (something) lucid (“bright, luminous; also, clear, transparent”).
  2. To make (something) clear and understandable; to clarify, to illuminate, to shed light on.
adj
  1. Clear, understandable.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdeɪt/ En-uk-elucidate.ogg /əˈlusəˌdeɪt/ /i-/ /ɪˈl(j)uːsɪdət/ /əˈlusəˌdət/

Word forms

elucidate elucidates elucidating elucidated no-table-tags glossary elucidatest elucidatedst elucidateth more elucidate most elucidate

Etymology

From Late Latin ēlūcidātus, perfect passive participle of ēlūcidō (“to lighten, enlighten”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ē(x)- (“out, from”) + lūcidus (“bright, clear, understandable”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), literally “to make light of (something)”, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”). Compare French élucider.

Synonyms

explain explicate apparent arrant undoubted glaring bait blatant clear clear as a bell clear as day clear cut conspicuous crystal clear cut and dried decided elucidate evident eyely intuitive manifest notable noticeable obvious open-and-shut ostensible palpable patent plain plain as a haystack plain as a pikestaff plain as day plain as Dunstable highway plain as porridge plain as print plain as Salisbury plain as the nose on one's face prima facie res ipsa loquitur splendent straightforward undissembled

Antonyms

adiaphanous nontransparent opacous opacular opaque thick

Related words

enlighten lucid lucidity lucidly lucidness nonlucid pellucid pellucidity pellucidly pellucidness unlucid

Derived words

elucidation elucidative elucidator elucidatory unelucidated
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