LUCID


Meaning of LUCID in English

ˈlüsə̇d adjective

Etymology: Latin lucidus; akin to Latin lucēre to shine — more at light

1.

a. : suffused with light : bright , luminous , radiant

satellites burning in a lucid ring — William Wordsworth

wrap the hills from feet to flank in lucid haze — J.A.Symonds

the lamps … seemed dim in that lucid twilight — C.P.Snow

b. : penetrated with light : translucent

descended into the valleys to bathe in lucid streams — Elinor Wylie

rain hit on the windshield, the fine lucid drops moving back slowly — H.D.Skidmore

2. : having, manifesting, or marked by full use of one's faculties : oriented , rational , sane

seemed to recover himself, for a lucid gleam came into his eyes — Jack London

his lucid hours — W.M.Thackeray

3. : clear to the understanding : readily intelligible : lacking ambiguity

his style is lucid and he always makes his meaning clear — A.S.Hornby

far more persuasive and lucid as a speaker than as a writer — A.J.Toynbee

the lucid exactness of the epithets — J.L.Lowes

Synonyms: see clear

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