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Definitions for: Lucid
[adj] (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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] 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"
[adj] having a clear mind; "a lucid moment in his madness"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: clear, coherent, crystal clear, crystalline, limpid, logical, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous, rational, sane, transparent
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