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limpid

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lim·pid  (lmpd)
adj.
1. Characterized by transparent clearness; pellucid. See Synonyms at clear.
2. Easily intelligible; clear: writes in a limpid style.
3. Calm and untroubled; serene.

[Latin limpidus.]

lim·pidi·ty, limpid·ness n.
limpid·ly adv.

limpid [ˈlɪmpɪd]
adj
1. clear or transparent
2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (esp of writings, style, etc.) free from obscurity
3. calm; peaceful
[from French limpide, from Latin limpidus clear]
limpidity , limpidness n
limpidly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.limpid - clear and bright; "the liquid air of a spring morning"; "eyes shining with a liquid luster"; "limpid blue eyes"
clear - allowing light to pass through; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean"
2.limpidlimpid - 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"
clear - allowing light to pass through; "clear water"; "clear plastic bags"; "clear glass"; "the air is clear and clean"
3.limpid - (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"
language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols; "he taught foreign languages"; "the language introduced is standard throughout the text"; "the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written"
clear - readily apparent to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature"

limpid
adjective
2. understandable, clear, lucid, unambiguous, comprehensible, intelligible, perspicuous The speech was a model of its kind - limpid and unaffected.
Translations
limpid [ˈlɪmpɪd] ADJ [water] → límpido, cristalino; [air] → diáfano, puro; [eyes] → claro
limpid [ˈlɪmpɪd] adjlimpide
limpid
adjklar; liquid alsodurchsichtig; styleklar
limpid [ˈlɪmpɪd] adj (liter) → limpido/a
limpid [ˈlɪmpɪd] adj (liter) → limpido/a


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Then let me stroll through the bright hours as they pass, in my garden among my flowers, or I will mount the hill and sing my song, or weave my verse beside the limpid brook.
Moreover, as that of Heidelburgh was always replenished with the most excellent of the wines of the Rhenish valleys, so the tun of the whale contains by far the most precious of all his oily vintages; namely, the highly-prized spermaceti, in its absolutely pure, limpid, and odoriferous state.
From this great treasury of waters issue forth limpid streams, which, augmenting as they descend, become main tributaries of the Missouri on the one side, and the Columbia on the other; and give rise to the Seeds-ke-dee Agie, or Green River, the great Colorado of the West, that empties its current into the Gulf of California.
 
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