lim·pid·i·ty \limˈpidəd.ē, -ətē, -i\noun (-es) Etymology: Late Latin limpiditat-, limpiditas, from Latin limpidus + -itat-, -itas -ity : the quality or state of being limpid < its marvelous simplicity and limpidity, its ruthless abstinence from the pleasures of mere rhetoric — Irving Kristol >