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▪ I. candid, a.|ˈkændɪd|
[ad. L. candid-us white, glistening (also used in many fig. senses as below), f. stem of candēre to be white, to glisten. Perh. immediately from F. candide, 16th c. in Littré. (Not in Shakes., Bible, Cotgrave, or Cockeram 1623.)]
†1. White. (Usually with reference to other meanings, or in translation from Latin.) Obs. or arch.
1630Jackson Creed viii. xxvi. Wks. VIII. 105 Sending Him back to Pilate in a white or candid robe. a1700Dryden Fabl., Pythagor. Philos. 60 The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. 1738Warburton Div. Legat. I. 54 That candid Appearance, which..does result from the Mixture of all Kinds of Colours. 1805J. M. Good Lucretius i. 298 The candid milk.
2. fig.
†a. Splendid, illustrious; fortunate.
1648Herrick Hesper., To T. Shapcott 179 Brave men..whose candid actions are Writ in the poets endlesse kalendar. 1715Bentley Serm. x. 371 This candid and joyful Day.
b. Pure, clear; stainless, innocent. arch.
1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. I. i. 72 Nor cared to make his designs..appear as candid as they were. a1667Cowley To Royal Soc. ix, His candid stile like a clean stream does slide. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. ix. 475 Where does the figment touch her candid fame?
3. Free from bias; fair, impartial, just.
1635Swan Spec. M. (1643) Pref. 1 Men of candid sinceritie will be readie..to give it a friendly welcome. 1754Chatham Lett. Nephew vi. 46 Keep your mind in a candid state of suspense. 1828Arnold Let. in Life & Corr. (1844) I. v. 243, I know that your mind is entirely candid: and that no man will conduct an inquiry with more perfect fairness. 1883Froude Short Stud. IV. ii. iii. 197 He was too candid to attribute such doubts..to wickedness of heart.
†4. ‘Free from malice; not desirous to find faults’ (J.); ‘gentle, courteous’ (Cotgr.); favourably disposed, favourable, kindly. Obs.
1633Marmion Fine Compan. Ded., Candid dispositions who (in spite of malice and ignorance) dare countenance Poetry. 1660Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 79/2 To shun the censorious, and to apply our selves to such as are candid. 1718Free-thinker No. 61. 37 Your Lectures meet with a very Candid Reception. 1732Pope Ess. Man i. 15 Laugh where we must, be candid where we can. 1800Med. Jrnl. IV. 502 The candid manner in which my Communication has been treated, lays me under strong obligations.
5. a. Frank, open, ingenuous, straight-forward, sincere in what one says.
1675Ogilby Brit. Advt., We shall gratefully accept Candid Informations. 1774Goldsm. Retal. 113 Let us be candid and speak out our mind. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1838) I. ii. 121 A..very candid account of Henry's feelings is furnished by himself.
b. ironically, in phrase candid friend: one who claims to be a friend, and, in the name of candour, speaks unpleasant things.
1798Canning New Moral. in Anti-Jacobin 9 July (1852) 208 Save, save, oh! save me from the Candid Friend! 1867Habits & Cust. Working Classes 26 Troops of friends..candid and sugar-candied. 1884Daily News 5 Dec. 3/1 Mr. Raikes congratulated [Mr. Goschen] on being able to pose as the candid friend of the Conservative party.
c. Of a photograph or photography: unposed, informal. So candid camera, a small camera for taking informal photographs of persons, freq. without their knowledge; also attrib. Also as n., an unposed photograph.
1929Graphic 11 May 265 At the foreground table, unaware of the proximity of the candid camera, will be seen Dean Inge enjoying his cigar. 1935N.Y. Times 8 Dec. Sect. xi. 14/3 Small enough to be manipulated without attracting attention, the miniature camera as used by ‘candid camera’ hobbyists is..becoming a highly revealing adjunct of the contemporary scene. 1937Miniat. Camera World Dec. 5/2 ‘Candid’ photography was at one time synonymous with ‘miniature’ photography. 1939A. Huxley After many a Summer i. iii. 31 Candid Camera portrait of the President of Consol Oil. 1946T. Godsey Free Lance Photogr. iii. 36 He liked these ‘candids’ so well that a contract to do his new publication entirely with the miniature was the result. 1957P. Mansfield Final Exposure i. 11 Those delightfully candid shots. Ibid. ii. 33 Candid photographs. Ibid. iv. 51 Can't you..take real candids—without people knowing?
▪ II. candid
obs. form of candied. |