limpid
11limpid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a liquid or the eyes) clear. 2) (especially of writing or music) clear or melodious. DERIVATIVES limpidity noun limpidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin limpidus …
12limpid — [[t]lɪ̱mpɪd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you say that something is limpid, you mean that it is very clear and transparent. [LITERARY] ...limpid blue eyes. ...limpid rock pools. Syn: translucent 2) ADJ GRADED (approval) If you describe speech, writing,… …
13limpid — limpidity, limpidness, n. limpidly, adv. /lim pid/, adj. 1. clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond. 2. free from obscurity; lucid; clear: a limpid style; limpid prose. 3.… …
14limpid — adjective Etymology: French or Latin; French limpide, from Latin limpidus, perhaps from lympha water more at lymph Date: 1613 1. a. marked by transparency ; pellucid < limpid streams > b. clear and simple in style < limpid prose > …
15limpid — lim|pid [ˈlımpıd] adj literary [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: limpide, from Latin, from lympha; LYMPH] clear or transparent ▪ limpid blue eyes >limpidly adv >limpidity [lımˈpıdıti] n [U] …
16limpid — adjective 1) a limpid pool Syn: clear, transparent, glassy, crystal clear, crystalline, translucent, pellucid, unclouded Ant: opaque 2) his limpid prose Syn …
17limpid — adj. Limpid is used with these nouns: ↑eye …
18limpid — lim|pid [ lımpıd ] adjective LITERARY transparent or clear …
19limpid — adjective literary clear or transparent: limpid blue eyes limpidly adverb limpidness noun (U) limpidity /lIm pIditi/ noun (U) …
20limpid — lim•pid [[t]ˈlɪm pɪd[/t]] adj. 1) clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air 2) free from obscurity; lucid; clear: limpid prose[/ex] 3) completely calm; without distress or worry • Etymology: 1605–15; < L limpidus lim•pid′i•ty …
