adjective · rare

pellucid

pel·luc·id

pellucid · more pellucid · most pellucid

durchsichtig, durchscheinend

Allowing the passage of lightAllowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.

UK/pɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/US/pəˈlusɪd/

Meaning

5 senses

(literary)Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent.
durchsichtig, durchscheinend
(figuratively, literary)Easily understood; clear.
(of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
(figuratively, literary)Of music or some other sound: not discordant or harsh; clear and pure-sounding.
(figuratively, literary)Of a person, their mind, etc.: able to think and understand clearly; not confused; clear, sharp.
(archaic, figuratively, literary)Easily recognized or seen through; apparent, obvious.
transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

Translations

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By meaning 1

allowing the passage of light — see also translucent, transparent:

Origin

The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin pellūcidus, perlucidus (“transparent, pell

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)).

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