lucid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈl(j)uːsɪd/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *lukéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *l(o)ukēō? Latin lūceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin lūcidus English lucid Latin lucidus, from lūceō (“shine”) + -idus.
Meanings
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Clear; easily understood.
[T]he book, constructed in short, lucid episodes, can be satisfyingly read as a sequence of provocative talks, at once well informed and vatic.
2014 September 26, Tom Payne, “Sapiens: a Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, review: 'urgent questions' [print version: The story of our species, 27 September 2014, p. R32]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
- Mentally rational; sane.
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Bright, luminous, translucent, or transparent.
Pictures of growing spring and farms and homes, / With the Fourth-month eve at sundown, and the gray smoke lucid and bright, […]
1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:The atmosphere was unusually clear, as if loath to part with the daylight; but the moon, like a round of lucid snow, had risen on the sky; and a pale, soft gleam, came from the lamps amid the foliage.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Fête”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 57:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lucider | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| lucidest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| most lucid | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more lucid | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ultralucid · lucid interval · lucidophyll · circumlucid · nonlucid · hyperlucid · lucidly · terminal lucidity · sublucid · lucidness · unlucid · lucid dreaming · lucid dream · lucidity · semilucid
Relateds
dilucular · dilucidate · elucidate
Synonyms
glowing (luminous) · clear (easily understood) · coherent (mentally rational) · translucent · pellucid · see-through · straightforward · radiant · brilliant (bright) · light (bright) · perspicuous · transparent · clear (transparent) · sane (mentally rational)
Translations (96)
uk з ясним розумом (mentally rational; sane) · de klar (clear; easily understood) · cmn 清楚 (mentally rational; sane) · fi läpikuultava (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · ru рациона́льный (mentally rational; sane) · mi ariroa (clear; easily understood) · fi selkeä-älyinen (mentally rational; sane) · hu érthető (clear; easily understood) · sh razuman (mentally rational; sane) · cmn 易懂 (clear; easily understood) · uk зрозумілий (clear; easily understood) · fr clair (clear; easily understood) · es lúcido (clear; easily understood) · ga meabhrach (mentally rational; sane) · fi läpinäkyvä (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · hu áttekinthető (clear; easily understood) · de glänzend (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · cmn 清澈 (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · uk ясний (clear; easily understood) · ru я́сный (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · hu csillogó (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · hu világos (mentally rational; sane) · fi kirkas (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · de hell (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · fr lucide (mentally rational; sane) · cmn 透明 (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · hu tiszta (mentally rational; sane) · nl lucide (clear; easily understood) · ca lúcid (clear; easily understood) · de rational (mentally rational; sane) · fi selvä (clear; easily understood) · mk светол (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · ga glé (clear; easily understood) · bg светъл (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · fi selkeä (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · pl klarowny (clear; easily understood) · cmn 清楚 (clear; easily understood) · pl przejrzysty (clear; easily understood) · pt lúcido (clear; easily understood) · la lūcidus (clear; easily understood) · hu fényes (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · ca lúcid (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · de bei Verstand (mentally rational; sane) · de verständlich (clear; easily understood) · got 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍃 (clear; easily understood) · hu tündöklő (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · pt lúcido (mentally rational; sane) · bg разбираем (clear; easily understood) · de deutlich (clear; easily understood) · io lumoza (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · fi selkeä (clear; easily understood) · ru поня́тный (clear; easily understood) · de verständig (mentally rational; sane) · uk розумний (mentally rational; sane) · ru све́тлый (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · es lucido (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · pl jasny (clear; easily understood) · mk луциден (clear; easily understood) · hu értelmes (clear; easily understood) · mk рациона́лен (mentally rational; sane) · bg ясен (clear; easily understood) · uk ясний (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · pt lúcido (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · bg блестящ (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · mk бистар (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · de einleuchtend (clear; easily understood) · hu világos (clear; easily understood) · de klar (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · de übersichtlich (clear; easily understood) · cmn 清明 (mentally rational; sane) · hu ragyogó (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · cmn 清晰 (clear; easily understood) · de transparent (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · fr claire (clear; easily understood) · mk јасен (clear; easily understood) · de klar (mentally rational; sane) · de brillant (mentally rational; sane) · es lúcido (mentally rational; sane) · es brillante (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · pdt kloa (clear; easily understood) · fi selväpäinen (mentally rational; sane) · de luzid (clear; easily understood) · ru разу́мный (mentally rational; sane) · de licht (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · hu tiszta (clear; easily understood) · uk раціональний (mentally rational; sane) · ru я́сный (clear; easily understood) · tr açık seçik (clear; easily understood) · mk разумен (mentally rational; sane) · uk світлий (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · de transluzent (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · de leuchtend (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · mi mārama (clear; easily understood) · mk ведар (bright, luminous, translucent or transparent) · sh razumljiv (clear; easily understood) · ca lúcid (mentally rational; sane)