Pellucid \Pel*lu"cid\, a. [L. pellucidus; per (see {Per-}) + lucidus clear, bright: cf. F. pellucide.] Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque. ``Pellucid crystal.'' --Dr. H. More. ``Pellucid streams.'' --Wordsworth. web1913
pellucid adj 1: 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}, {limpid}, {lucid}, {transparent}] 2: (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: {limpid}, {lucid}, {luculent}, {crystal clear}, {perspicuous}] wn