limpid

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  1. adjective Characterized by transparent clearness; pellucid. See Synonyms at clear.
  2. adjective Easily intelligible; clear: writes in a limpid style.
  3. adjective Calm and untroubled; serene.

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  • The forests were stately and magnificent; there were trees laden with excellent fruits, others with aromatic flowers; the waters were cool and limpid, the sky was serene, and there was a balmy sweetness in the air. —  The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
  • How did they draw their sweet, refreshing tint from the brown earth, or the limpid air, or the white light? —  Authors and Friends
  • Those eyes were their most human and appealing features; they were large, limpid, and tragic, like those of a Saint Bernard dog. —  The Past Through Tomorrow
  • The style of the volume is pure, limpid, and strong, as we might expect from a well-trained English writer.” — —  Elizabeth Fry
  • Several locals who knew Callita nodded. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
 

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pellucid ·  lucid ·  milky ·  glassy ·  cloudless ·  luminous ·  lustrous ·  azure ·  translucent ·  tranquil ·  crystalline ·  pearly
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin limpidus.

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  1. from French limpide = Spanish límpido = Portuguese Italian limpido, from Latin limpidus, clear, bright; cf. Greek λάμπειν, shine, λαμπρός, bright: see lamp. Cf. also lymph.
 

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