Meaning of lucid in English

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Classifying Adjective
lucid
Definitions
1. (of language) transparently clear
Examples
- « easily understandable »
- « writes in a limpid style »
- « lucid directions »
- « a luculent oration- Robert Burton »
- « pellucid prose »
- « a crystal clear explanation »
- « a perspicuous argument »
Synonyms
- clear
2. having a clear mind
Examples
- « a lucid moment in his madness »
Synonyms
- sane
3. capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
Examples
- « a lucid thinker »
- « she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident »
Synonyms
- rational
4. transmitting light
Examples
- « 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 »
Synonyms
- clear

Famous quotes

« Not all lucid dreams are useful but they all have a sense of wonder about them. If you must sleep through a third of your life, why should you sleep through your dreams, too? »
Stephen LaBerge
« Papa always makes it clear that he would like to know me as much more rational and lucid than the girls and women he gets to know during his analytic hours. »
Anna Freud
« Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight. »
Marilyn French