Pellucid meaning

pə-lo͝o'sĭd
The definition of pellucid is clear, simple or easy to understand.

An example of something pellucid is the addition of two and two.

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Admitting the passage of light; transparent or translucent.
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Transparently clear in style or meaning.

Pellucid prose.

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Transparent or translucent; clear.
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Easy to understand; clear and simple in style.

A pellucid explanation.

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Allowing for the passage of light; transparent.
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Origin of pellucid

  • Latin pellūcidus from pellūcēre to shine through per- through per– lūcēre to shine leuk- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Latin pellÅ«cidus, from per- (“very") + lÅ«cidus (“clear, bright") (from whence lucid), from lÅ«ceō (“shine, be visible"). Compare clear, crystal clear, both also with literal meaning “transparent" but metaphorical meaning “easily understood".
    From Wiktionary

Pellucid Sentence Examples

  • D, Each of the four segment-cells gives rise by division to a small pellucid cell.

  • pellucid style never overburden idea or drive.

  • The St Lawrence varies only a few feet in the year and always has pellucid bluish-green water, while the Mississippi, whose tributaries begin only a short distance south of the Great Lakes, varies 40 f t.

  • perforatum, small shrubby plants with slender stems, sessile opposite leaves which are often dotted with pellucid glands, and showy yellow flowers.

  • E, The cap of small cells has increased in number by repeated formation of pellucid cells in the same way, and by division of those first formed.

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