English Explanatory Dictionary

pellucid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.
  2. Easily understood; clear.
  3. Of music or some other sound: not discordant or harsh; clear and pure-sounding.
  4. Of a person, their mind, etc.: able to think and understand clearly; not confused; clear, sharp.
  5. Easily recognized or seen through; apparent, obvious.
noun
  1. Something which allows the passage of light; a translucent or transparent object.

Pronunciation

/pɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/ /pɛ-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pellucid.wav /pəˈlusɪd/

Word forms

pellucid more pellucid most pellucid pellucids

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin per Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin lūcidus Latin pellūciduslbor. English pellucid The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin pellūcidus, perlucidus (“transparent, pellucid; very bright; very understandable”), from per- (prefix meaning ‘through; throughout; completely, thoroughly’) + lūcidus (“clear; full of light, bright, shining; (figuratively) easily understood, clear, lucid”) (from lūceō (“to shine; to become visible, show through; (figuratively) to be apparent, conspicuous, or evident”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Late Latin pellucidum (“transparent substance”) * Middle French pellucide (modern French pellucide (“pellucid”))

Synonyms

clear limpid lucid perspicuous clear as crystal crystalline diaphanous glassy hyaline hyaloid pellucid see-through serene transparent transpicuous vitreous crystal clear translucent apprehensible comprehensible explainable explicable explicatable fathomable graspable illuminable intelligible straightforward tangible understandable apparent arrant undoubted glaring bait blatant clear as a bell clear as day clear cut conspicuous 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

Antonyms

adiaphanous nontransparent opacous opacular opaque thick abstruse Chinese dense enigmatic fathomless Greek inapprehensible incognizable incomprehensible ineffable inenubilable inexplicable impenetrable insensible inscrutable insoluble insolvable mysterious nonunderstandable obscure retruse tenebrose undecipherable undiscoverable unexplainable unfathomable ungraspable unintelligible unknowable ununderstandable subtle tricky nice delicate knotty

Related words

elucidate lucid pellucidity zona pellucida

Derived words

pellucidly pellucidness semipellucid subpellucid unpellucid

Translations

Bulgarian: прозрачен Bulgarian: разбираем Dutch: doorschijnend Finnish: läpikuultava Finnish: helppotajuinen German: durchsichtig German: durchscheinend Latin: pellūcidus Polish: przezroczysty Spanish: transparente Spanish: diáfano Spanish: cristalino
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