limpid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite clear and bright
    liquid.
    • the liquid air of a spring morning
    • eyes shining with a liquid luster
    • limpid blue eyes
  2. adjective satellite transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
    crystal clear; lucid; pellucid; crystalline; transparent.
    • 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
  3. adjective satellite (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
    luculent; crystal clear; lucid; perspicuous; pellucid.
    • writes in a limpid style
    • lucid directions
    • a luculent oration"- Robert Burton
    • pellucid prose
    • a crystal clear explanation
    • a perspicuous argument

WordNet

Lim"pid adjective
Etymology
L.limpidus; akin to Gr. to shine: cf. F. limpide. Cf. Lamp.
Definitions
  1. Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream.
    Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid. Woodward.
    Syn. -- Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright.

Webster 1913