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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
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It's easy enough to shed some light on the origins of lucid: it derives—via the Latin adjective lucidus, meaning "shining"—from the Latin verb lucēre, meaning "to shine." Lucid has been used by English speakers since at least the late 16th century. Originally, it meant merely "filled with light" or "shining," but it has since developed extended senses describing someone whose mind is clear or something with a clear meaning. Other shining examples of lucēre descendants include translucent, lucent ("glowing"), and the somewhat rarer relucent ("reflecting light" or "shining"). Even the word light itself derives from the same ancient word that led to lucēre.
First Known Use: 1591
in the meaning defined at sense 1a
See Words from the same yearapparent, bald, bald-faced, barefaced, broad, clear, clear-cut, crystal clear, decided, distinct, evident, luminous, manifest, nonambiguous, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, straightforward, transparent, unambiguous, unambivalent, unequivocal, unmistakable;
ambiguous, clouded, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, indistinct, mysterious, nonobvious, obfuscated, obscure, unapparent, unclarified, unclear, unclouded;
incomprehensible, indecipherable, unfathomable, unintelligible, unknowable;
impalpable, imperceptible, inappreciable, indiscernible, insensible;
cloudy, gauzy, gray (also grey), hazy, imprecise, indefinite, indeterminate, misty, murky, nebulous, noncommittal, sketchy, slippery, subtle, vague;
comprehendible, comprehensible, digestible, fathomable, graspable, intelligible, knowable, understandable;
self-evident, self-explanatory;
clean-cut, simple, tidy, uncomplicated;
appreciable, perceptible, recognizable, sensible, tangible;
discernible (also discernable), noticeable, observable, visible;
black-and-white, explicit, trenchant, well-defined;
clean, decipherable, fair, legible, readable;
: very clear and easy to understand
: able to think clearly
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