Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lucid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lucid \Lu"cid\, a. [L. lucidus, fr. lux, lucis, light. See
{Light}, n.]
1. Shining; bright; resplendent; as, the lucid orbs of
heaven.
Lucid, like a glowworm. --Sir I.
Newton.
A court compact of lucid marbles. --Tennyson.
2. Clear; transparent. `` Lucid streams.'' --Milton.
3. Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear.
A lucid and interesting abstract of the debate.
--Macaulay.
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.
Syn: Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable.
See {Luminous}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lucid
adj 1: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable;
"writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a
luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a
crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"
[syn: {limpid}, {luculent}, {pellucid}, {crystal clear},
{perspicuous}]
2: having a clear mind; "a lucid moment in his madness"
3: capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and
consistent manner; "a lucid thinker"; "she was more
coherent than she had been just after the accident" [syn:
{coherent}, {logical}]
4: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity;
"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 cristal" [syn: {crystalline}, {crystal clear},
{limpid}, {pellucid}, {transparent}]
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