| source : web1913 |
Limpid \Lim"pid\ (-p[i^]d), a. [L. limpidus; akin to Gr.
la`mpein to shine: cf. F. limpide. Cf. {Lamp}.]
Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a
limpid stream.
Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid.
--Woodward.
Syn: Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal;
translucent; bright.
| source : wn |
limpid
adj 1: clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning";
"eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue
eyes" [syn: {liquid}]
2: 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 cristal" [syn: {crystalline}, {crystal clear},
{lucid}, {pellucid}, {transparent}]
3: (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" [syn:
{lucid}, {luculent}, {pellucid}, {crystal clear}, {perspicuous}]