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English Dictionary: limpid by the DICT Development Group
2 results for limpid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limpid
adj
  1. clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
    Synonym(s): liquid, limpid
  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 crystal"
    Synonym(s): crystalline, crystal clear, limpid, 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"
    Synonym(s): limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Limpid \Lim"pid\ (-p[icr]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.
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