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lucid adjective [ ˈluːsɪd ]

• expressed clearly; easy to understand.
• "a lucid account"
Similar: intelligible, comprehensible, understandable, cogent, coherent, communicative, articulate, eloquent, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, transparent, plain, simple, direct, vivid, sharp, straightforward, perspicuous, unambiguous, graphic, explicit, joined-up,
Opposite: confusing, unclear, ambiguous,
• bright or luminous.
• "birds dipped their wings in the lucid flow of air"
Similar: bright, shining, gleaming, luminous, radiant, brilliant, glowing, dazzling, lustrous, luminescent, phosphorescent, lucent, lambent, effulgent, refulgent,
Opposite: dark, dull,
Origin: late 16th century (in lucid (sense 2)): from Latin lucidus (perhaps via French lucide or Italian lucido ) from lucere ‘shine’, from lux, luc- ‘light’.


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