luculent

lu·cu·lent  (lky-lnt)

adj.

Easily understood; clear or lucid.

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[Middle English, shiny, from Latin lculentus, from lx, lc-, light; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

luculent - (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" lucid, perspicuous, pellucid, crystal clear, limpid 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"