pellucid

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   perfectly clear or transparent, especially of water or light

   Small fish were visible beneath the pellucid surface of the stream.

2. 2
   adj

   expressed so clearly that it is easy to understand

   The lecturer gave a pellucid explanation of the difficult theorem.

A learned borrowing from Latin pellucidus or perlucidus ("transparent, very clear"), formed from per- ("through, completely") and lucidus ("bright, clear"), from lucere ("to shine").

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