pellucid
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pellucid
- /pɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/ UK
- /pɛ-/ UK
- /pəˈlusɪd/ US
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Italic *per
Latin per
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
Latin pellūciduslbor.
English pellucid
The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin pellūcidus, perlucidus (“transparent, pellucid; very bright; very understandable”), from per- (prefix meaning ‘through; throughout; completely, thoroughly’) + lūcidus (“clear; full of light, bright, shining; (figuratively) easily understood, clear, lucid”) (from lūceō (“to shine; to become visible, show through; (figuratively) to be apparent, conspicuous, or evident”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives)).
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Cognates
* Late Latin pellucidum (“transparent substance”)
* Middle French pellucide (modern French pellucide (“pellucid”))
adjective more pellucid · most pellucid
- Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent. Blood to the naked Eye appears all red; but by a good Microſcope, vvherein its leſſer parts appear, ſhevvs only ſome fevv Globules of Red, ſvvimming in a pellucid Liquor; and hovv theſe Globules vvould appear, if Glaſſes could be found, that yet could magnifie them 1000, or 10000 times more, is unce
- Easily understood; clear. Written in spare, pellucid prose, the book reads like a close-to-the-bone memoir.
- Of music or some other sound: not discordant or harsh; clear and pure-sounding. Opera star [Giorgio] Tozzi sings with the richness of burnished bronze and [Sharon] Daniels complements him with her pellucid soprano.
- Of a person, their mind, etc.: able to think and understand clearly; not confused; clear, sharp.
- Easily recognized or seen through; apparent, obvious.
noun pellucids
- Something which allows the passage of light; a translucent or transparent object. A Pellucid is not ſeen, but percieved^([sic]) by the privation of Colour. So vve ſee not Air in Air, VVater in VVater, Glaſs in Glaſs, and every Pellucid in an equal Pellucid; and becauſe vve knovv they are not coloured, vve count them to be diaphanous, viz. that may be ſeen, or ſhone thorough.
