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   lucid

   /ˈl(j)uːsɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. expressed clearly; easy to understand: "a lucid account" Similar intelligiblecomprehensibleunderstandablecogentcoherentcommunicativearticulateeloquentclearclear-cutcrystal cleartransparentplainsimpledirectvividsharpstraightforwardperspicuousunambiguousgraphicexplicitinformal:joined-upOpposite confusingunclearambiguous
   • ▪ showing or having the ability to think clearly, especially in intervals between periods of confusion or insanity: "he has a few lucid moments every now and then" Similar rationalsanein one's right mindin possession of one's facultiesof sound mindable to think clearlynormalbalancedwell balancedsensibleclear-headedright-mindedsobercompos mentisinformal:all therewith all one's marblesOpposite muddled
   • ▪ (of a dream) experienced with the dreamer feeling awake, aware of dreaming, and able to control events consciously.
   • 2. bright or luminous: literary "birds dipped their wings in the lucid flow of air" Similar brightshininggleamingluminousradiantbrilliantglowingdazzlinglustrousluminescentphosphorescentliterary:lucentlambentrare:effulgentrefulgentOpposite darkdull

   Word Origin late 16th century (in lucid (sense 2)): from Latin lucidus (perhaps via French lucide or Italian lucido) from lucere ‘shine’, from lux, luc- ‘light’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. lucidly adverb
   • 2. lucidness noun

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