lucid
lu·cid
adjective \ˈlü-səd\Definition of LUCID
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a : suffused with light : luminous b : translucent <snorkeling in the lucid sea>
Examples of LUCID
- He is able to recognize his wife in his lucid moments.
- <those lucid bands that spread across the arctic sky and are known as the northern lights>
- His lucid history of this grim subject is scrupulously accurate, so far as I am able to judge … —Richard A. Posner, New Republic, 8 Apr 2002
- “You would like me to read to you?” “You would oblige me greatly by doing so, Dorothea,” said Mr. Casaubon, with a shade more meekness than usual in his polite manner. “I am wakeful: my mind is remarkably lucid.” —George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1872
- The atmosphere, seen through a short space of half or three-quarters of a mile, was perfectly lucid, but at a greater distance all colours were blended into a most beautiful haze … —Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle, 1839
- The stroke also set off a major crisis of presidential succession, as the debilitated and not entirely lucid president continued to cling to office and plan feebly for re-election. —Beverly Gage New York Times Book Review, 13 Dec 2009
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Origin of LUCID
Latin lucidus, from lucēre (see lucent)
First Known Use: 1591
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lu·cid
adjective \ˈlü-səd\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of LUCID
: having, showing, or characterized by an ability to think clearly and rationally
—lu·cid·i·ty noun, plural ; lu·cid·i·ties
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