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Lucid   /lˈusəd/   Listen
adjective
Lucid  adj.  
1.
Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of heaven. "Lucid, like a glowworm." "A court compact of lucid marbles."
2.
Clear; transparent. " Lucid streams."
3.
Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear. "A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate."
4.
Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as, a lucid interval.
Synonyms: Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable. See Luminous.





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"Lucid" Quotes from Famous Books



... somewhat technical in its phraseology, and in places its jargon is overwhelming. Recently, Dr. John S. L. Gilmour, Director of the Cambridge Botanic Gardens, and formerly Director of the R. H. S. Trial Gardens at Wisley, published a very lucid and down-to-earth interpretation of the principle provisions of the Code. It is reproduced with permission at the conclusion of ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting • Various
... Charles. And now my dear father, after discussing in such clear and lucid terms the use of the barometer, and how it is constructed, could you tell me or explain the ...
— The Drone - A Play in Three Acts • Rutherford Mayne
... here is not who it is, but what they say, what they have noticed," pursued the lucid schoolmaster. "That is what we have to ...
— Weir of Hermiston • Robert Louis Stevenson
... in style should be easy, lucid, and of course grammatical. The same may be said of any book; but that which is intended to recreate should be easily understood,—for which purpose lucid narration is an essential. In matter it should be moral and amusing. In manner ...
— Thackeray • Anthony Trollope
... fire that from his pen He flung upon the lucid page Still move, still shake the hearts of men, Amid ...
— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier


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