Complete Definition of "pellucid"

English

Etymology
From the Latin pellucidus from per + lucidus �clear, bright� via French pellucide

Pronunciation
Wiktionary:Pronunciation_key|IPA: /p��lu�sɪd/

Adjective
en-adj

  1. allowing for the passage of light; transparent
  2. easily understood; clear

Quotations
1999 - w:Judith Butler|Judith Butler, 1999 Preface for w:Gender Trouble|Gender Trouble
:If I treat that grammar as pellucid, then I fail to call attention precisely to that sphere of language that establishes and disestablishes intelligibility, and that would be precisely to thwart my own project as I have described it to you here.

Related terms
elucidate
lucid

Translations
;transparent
Spanish: cristalino

;easily understood
Spanish: diáfano

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