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lucid Definition

lu·cid (lo̵̅o̅sid)

adjective

  1. Old Poet. bright; shining
  2. transparent
  3. designating an interval of sanity in a mental disorder
  4. clear to the mind; readily understood lucid instructions
  5. clearheaded; rational a lucid thinker

Etymology: L lucidus < lucere, to shine: see light

lucid Related Forms

lu·cid·ity noun or lu·cid·ness lu·cidly adverb

lucid Synonyms

lucid

modif.

  1. Clear to the sight

    pellucid, transparent, diaphanous; see clear 2, obvious 1.

  2. Clear to the understanding

    plain, evident, explicit; see obvious 2.

  3. Bright

    shining, resplendent, luminous; see bright 1.

lucid Usage Examples

Preposition: that

disease: I was recently diagnosed with cancer of the lungs and the doctors have made it absolutely lucid that this disease is terminal.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: He prescribes panda toenail unction to be spread on the forehead before sleep to make the dreams more lucid.

Modifies a noun

  • dreamer: So perhaps a lucid dreamer could signal by moving the eyes in a predetermined pattern.
  • exposition: Thank you for your very lucid exposition of the position here.
  • prose: Agree with comments of the literary critics that it is brilliantly written in lucid prose.
  • dream: However, lucid dreams do tend to occur in periods of higher cortical arousal.
  • explanation: Their lucid explanations have been most helpful to my understanding.
  • interval: Hence the propounder of the Will must prove that the Will was made in a lucid interval.

Modifying Another Word

  • wonderfully: Pattens's discussion of the answers to these and many other questions is wonderfully lucid and entertaining.
  • remarkably: Click on the area you want to know about, and all the information is revealed - in remarkably lucid language too.
  • exceptionally: There is also an exceptionally lucid psychologist who explains just how attractive terrorism can seem to a confused teenager.
  • particularly: The coverage of ICMP attacks is neither particularly lucid nor particularly complete.
  • extremely: An extremely lucid consideration of the Becke Line, the refractive differences between specimen and mountant, is particularly useful.
  • quite: She lost her fever and slept, becoming quite lucid and reaching the crisis.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: He decided to move his eyes left and right eight times in succession whenever he became lucid.
  • remain: The main points remained lucid, straightforward, and well worth listening to.
  • make: The wonders of the Temple were made more lucid by a guided tour of the little museum.

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