pellucid meaning and definition

PELLUCID adjective

Definition of pellucid (adjective)

1. transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
   • "the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook"; "transparent crystal"
   • synonyms: crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, lucid, transparent
2. (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
   • "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"
   • synonyms: crystal clear, limpid, lucid, luculent, perspicuous