Synonyms for pellucid


Grammar : Adj
Spell : puh-loo-sid
Phonetic Transcription : pəˈlu sɪd


Définition of pellucid

Origin :
  • "transparent, translucent," 1610s, from Latin pellucidus "transparent," from pellucere "shine through," from per- "through" (see per) + lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). Related: Pellucidly; pellucidity.
  • adj clear
Example sentences :
  • Peter was silent for a while, aware of the pellucid meaning of her "it."
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • He believes in making music as pellucid to the hearers as clear water.
  • Extract from : « A Day with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy » by George Sampson
  • Pellucid: colored, but transparent: sometimes applied when there is no color.
  • Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
  • Soon they were all joyously stamping and dancing in what had so lately been a pellucid pool.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Myths » by Jean Lang
  • Often the air is calm and pellucid, without a single cloud on high.
  • Extract from : « An Iceland Fisherman » by Pierre Loti
  • Lucid and pellucid refer to a shining clearness, as of crystal.
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • On the other side was the Rhone, blue, and pellucid, and beautiful as the sky above.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in Geneva » by Jacob Abbott
  • Salt-water pans are pellucid and clear, as the inexperienced may find at his cost.
  • Extract from : « Spinifex and Sand » by David W Carnegie
  • She dipped the toes of her arched foot into the pellucid stream.
  • Extract from : « Monsieur, Madame and Bebe, Complete » by Gustave Droz
  • The one is coloured by the peat of the mosses; the other is of pellucid purity.
  • Extract from : « The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast » by Various

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