limpid
adjective
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Since around 1600, limpid has been used in English to describe things that have the soft clearness of pure water. The aquatic connection is not incidental; language scholars believe that limpid probably traces to lympha, a Latin word meaning "water." That same Latin root is also the source of the word lymph, the English name for the pale liquid that helps maintain the body's fluid balance and that removes bacteria from tissues.
Synonyms
- clear
- crystal
- crystal clear
- crystalline
- liquid
- lucent
- pellucid
- see-through
- transparent
Example Sentences
Maria Shollenbarger, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2022 Several of the sequences set in the military hospital offer camera moves that are as limpid and thrilling as a dance. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 May 2022 Rivera depicts Natasha as a limpid flower, surrounded with armfuls of gargantuan calla lilies. oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2022 Frankenthaler’s soak-and-stain painting technique achieved dreamy, limpid colors. Brian T. Allen, National Review, 10 Feb. 2022 In places, workers dug beneath the water table, and some chambers now contain limpid pools of pure, crystalline water. Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Jan. 2022 Still, Hough, whose reading is nearly two minutes shorter, wins me over with his liquid, limpid articulation. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2022 This limpid air is not everyone’s idea of marvelous. Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022 In such contexts, Rousseau’s limpid, richly colored pictures of innocent subjects — jungles, big cats, the moon — can come as a relief. Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022 See More Word History
French or Latin; French limpide, from Latin limpidus, perhaps from lympha water — more at lymph
1598, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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limpid
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limpid
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- crystal
- transparent
- liquid
- clear
- crystalline
- pellucid
- translucent
- lucid
- lucent
- sheer
- crystal clear
- colorless
- see-through
- diaphanous
- glassy
- uncolored
- semitransparent
- vitreous
- semitranslucent
- transparentized
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- opaque
- cloudy
- dark
- colored
- hazy
- misty
- turbid
- tinted
- smoky
- dense
- foggy
- glazed
- nebulous
- murky
- muddy
- filmy
- smokey
Synonyms & Similar Words
- serene
- calm
- peaceful
- composed
- tranquil
- placid
- unruffled
- smooth
- collected
- untroubled
- unperturbed
- possessed
- undisturbed
- unshaken
- steady
- unworried
- recollected
- coolheaded
- sedate
- cool
- confident
- at peace
- mellow
- level
- self-possessed
- together
- self-composed
- relaxed
- imperturbable
- equal
- centered
- equable
- nonchalant
- relieved
- unshakable
- detached
- unflappable
- nerveless
- easygoing
- dispassionate
- breezy
- affable
- aloof
- sober
- impassive
- carefree
- well-balanced
- stolid
- phlegmatic
- even
- even-keeled
- unconcerned
- tranquillized
- disciplined
- tranquilized
- assured
- indifferent
- well-adjusted
- bovine
- laid-back
- self-controlled
- self-assured
- loosey-goosey
- happy-go-lucky
- self-contained
- devil-may-care
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- agitated
- perturbed
- disturbed
- unquiet
- unstrung
- upset
- flustered
- anxious
- discomposed
- uneasy
- unglued
- unhinged
- unsettled
- distressed
- restless
- bothered
- nervous
- worried
- tense
- jumpy
- jittery
- unstable
- skittish
- uptight
- high-strung
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of limpid are clear, translucent, and transparent. While all these words mean "capable of being seen through," limpid suggests the soft clearness of pure water.
The words clear and limpid can be used in similar contexts, but clear implies absence of cloudiness, haziness, or muddiness.
While in some cases nearly identical to limpid, translucent implies the passage of light but not a clear view of what lies beyond.
Although the words transparent and limpid have much in common, transparent implies being so clear that objects can be seen distinctly.