pellucidadj.n.

Brit.

/pᵻˈl(j)uːsᵻd/,

/pɛˈl(j)uːsᵻd/, U.S.

/pəˈl(j)usəd/

Forms: 1500s–1600s pellucide, 1600s pellucyd, 1600s– pellucid.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pellūcidus, perlūcidus.

Etymology: < classical Latin pellūcidus (also, more commonly, perlūcidus) transparent, clearly intelligible < per- per- prefix + lūcidus lucid adj. Compare Middle French, French pellucide (1575). With use as noun compare post-classical Latin pellucidum (neuter) transparent substance (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian). Compare later perlucid adj. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pĕlⁱū·sid) /pəˈl(j)uːsɪd/.

Chiefly literary and Science.

A. adj.

1. Transmitting or allowing the passage of light; translucent, transparent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adjective]

shireOE

brightOE

through-shineOE

cleanc1040

cleara1400

transparent1413

crystalc1425

crystallinec1425

crystal-clear?a1439

pure1481

perspicuatea1500

beryl1508

through-shining1526

diaphane1561

thorough-seeable1562

pellucid1563

sheer1565

translucent1568

liquid1590

tralucent?1592

perspicuous1599

thorough light1601

diaphanic1614

diaphanous1614

perspicable1615

translucid1615

diaphanal1616

lucid1620

diaphaned1626

transpicuous1638

perlucid1647

dioptrical1760

dioptric1801

unconcealing1804

see-through1851

pellucent1886

pool-clear1924

1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors f. 70 The small [gems] are more pretius, and they be either thick or pellucide.

1619 J. Bainbridge Astron. Descr. Late Comet 10 That the Comets taile is nothing else but an irradiation of the Sunne through the pellucide head of the Comet.

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. iii. 6 A Bee hath four drye pellucid skinny wings.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 139 Thus Sand, or pounded Glass, which is opaque, and white to the naked Eye, is pellucid in a Microscope.

1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. i. iii. 10 [It] is diaphanous or pellucid, transmitting (like Glass) all Forms and Shapes.

1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. i. 4 As he turned his head, he met her eye..a thin, blue, chill, pellucid chrystal with all its humours so at rest, the least mote or speck of desire might have been seen at the bottom of it.

1810 W. Wordsworth Descr. Lakes in J. Wilkinson Select Views p. xi The water is perfectly pellucid, through which..are seen to a great depth their beds of rock or of blue gravel.

1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 37 The inner wall, or septum, between the ventricles, is thin, almost pellucid.

1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) iv. §127 109 I will..send the rays..through this slab of pellucid ice.

1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 254 This part..formed a beautiful pellucid green pool as clear as crystal.

1990 Woman's Jrnl. Mar. 168/1 Lofty pine-covered mountains reflected in pellucid fjords.

2. figurative.

a. Easily detected or seen through; obvious; = transparent adj. 2b. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective]

sutelc897

openeOE

ebera975

graithc1325

broadc1374

plainc1375

clearc1380

grossc1380

manifest1385

notoire1409

patent1508

sensible?1531

discovered1537

plain as a pikestaff (also packstaff, pad-staff)1542

palpable1545

demonstrative1552

plain as the nose on (in) one's face1560

illustrate1562

appearing1566

notorious1581

obvious1583

unshadowed1593

transparent1597

liquid1610

visible1614

pellucid1644

illustrious1654

apertive1661

conspectable1727

suggestive1806

1644 R. Baillie Let. 2 Apr. (1841) II. 150 Their craft was pellucid.

1661 K. W. Confused Characters 8 The higher he thinks to soare..the more he unvailes his own imbecility, and renders himself pellucid.

1958 J. Barth End of Road ii. 24 His face mirrored faithfully whatever was in progress behind it, and..I saw a question settle itself with visible finality on his pellucid brow.

b. Of a person, the mind, etc.: perceiving clearly; mentally clear, not confused.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > showing clarity of vision

clear1340

well-sighteda1529

clear-eyed1530

quick-sighted1542

thorough-seeing1556

quick-eyed1561

(a person) of a far fetch1574

sharpsighted1583

clear-sighted1586

perspicacious1640

far-sighted1641

clear-headed1709

pellucid1813

far-seeing1837

1813 C. Lamb in Philanthropist Jan. 49 To muddle their faculties, perhaps never very pellucid.

1900 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 378/2 His nature was not always serene and pellucid; it was sometimes roiled by the currents that counter and cross in all of us.

1955 R. C. Hutchinson Stepmother xxii. 144 She saw an accomplishment that seemed, in her pellucid vision of those moments, to transcend men's common victories.

1997 Guardian 11 Apr. t24 Is it not true to say that without the power of the magisterial debating voice, the brilliance of the pellucid mind,..it would be impossible for very stupid people to find any justice in this world?

c. Clear in sense and expression, lucid.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adjective]

plaina1398

cleara1400

luminousc1450

lightsome1532

perspiculous1565

perspicuous1570

luculent1597

dilucida1640

limpid1649

dilucidate1651

elucidatea1670

dilucidated1759

lucid1786

pellucid1831

chiselleda1862

transpicuous1877

1831 Biblical Repertory July 349 That simple and pellucid style which is a vehicle, and not an incumbrance of the thought.

1861 J. Pycroft Ways & Words 237 Writers of the school of Addison were smooth, measured, and pellucid.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 834/1 The excellence of his work lies rather in the treatment than the substance; primarily, there is the pellucid style, which he drew from his love of Goldsmith.

1940 A. M. Lindbergh Footnote 3 Jan. in War within & Without (1980) 74 He spoke rather slowly,..almost stuttering over a sentence which was, when it came, pellucid in its beauty.

1997 Latin Mass Fall 18/1 The scriptural passage is not readily penetrable, let alone pellucid.

d. Of music or other sound: clear and pure in tone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > [adjective] > clear

brightOE

clearc1300

breme1340

brisk1660

snellc1730

clear-cut1865

pellucid1952

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > timbre or quality > pure or clear

brightOE

silver1526

silvered1642

purea1791

silvery1824

pellucid1952

1952 H. E. Bates Love for Lydia ii. v. 139 The nightingale gave a startling pellucid whistle, thin and piercing and exquisite, down in the oak spinney.

1976 Classical Music Weekly 30 Oct. 14/1 A performance of Mozart's K482 Piano Concerto..beautifully pellucid.

2003 Financial Times (Nexis) 5 May (Arts section) 8 Because Ingela Bohlin's soprano is pellucid and clear, because Aleksandra Zamojska's coloratura is breathtaking,..the music is never compromised.

†B. n.

A pellucid body or substance. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun] > object or medium

transparency1591

transparence1635

diaphanal1653

pellucid1669

diaphane1844

hyaloid1844

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica ii. vii. 73 Some are diaphanous, others opake..but in pellucids, as Helmont saith, that evestrum vitæ reverberates it self.

Compounds

pellucid zone n. Anatomy rare = zona pellucida n. at zona n. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 305/1 Pellucid zone, zona pellucida.

2000 Biocell 24 97 Presence and thickness of the pellucid zone.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pellucid
释义	pellucidadj.n. Brit. /pᵻˈl(j)uːsᵻd/, /pɛˈl(j)uːsᵻd/, U.S. /pəˈl(j)usəd/ Forms: 1500s–1600s pellucide, 1600s pellucyd, 1600s– pellucid. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin pellūcidus, perlūcidus. Etymology: < classical Latin pellūcidus (also, more commonly, perlūcidus) transparent, clearly intelligible < per- per- prefix + lūcidus lucid adj. Compare Middle French, French pellucide (1575). With use as noun compare post-classical Latin pellucidum (neuter) transparent substance (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian). Compare later perlucid adj. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pĕlⁱū·sid) /pəˈl(j)uːsɪd/. Chiefly literary and Science. A. adj. 1. Transmitting or allowing the passage of light; translucent, transparent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adjective] shireOE brightOE through-shineOE cleanc1040 cleara1400 transparent1413 crystalc1425 crystallinec1425 crystal-clear?a1439 pure1481 perspicuatea1500 beryl1508 through-shining1526 diaphane1561 thorough-seeable1562 pellucid1563 sheer1565 translucent1568 liquid1590 tralucent?1592 perspicuous1599 thorough light1601 diaphanic1614 diaphanous1614 perspicable1615 translucid1615 diaphanal1616 lucid1620 diaphaned1626 transpicuous1638 perlucid1647 dioptrical1760 dioptric1801 unconcealing1804 see-through1851 pellucent1886 pool-clear1924 1563 W. Fulke Goodle Gallerye Causes Meteors f. 70 The small [gems] are more pretius, and they be either thick or pellucide. 1619 J. Bainbridge Astron. Descr. Late Comet 10 That the Comets taile is nothing else but an irradiation of the Sunne through the pellucide head of the Comet. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects i. iii. 6 A Bee hath four drye pellucid skinny wings. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxiii. 139 Thus Sand, or pounded Glass, which is opaque, and white to the naked Eye, is pellucid in a Microscope. 1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. i. iii. 10 [It] is diaphanous or pellucid, transmitting (like Glass) all Forms and Shapes. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. i. 4 As he turned his head, he met her eye..a thin, blue, chill, pellucid chrystal with all its humours so at rest, the least mote or speck of desire might have been seen at the bottom of it. 1810 W. Wordsworth Descr. Lakes in J. Wilkinson Select Views p. xi The water is perfectly pellucid, through which..are seen to a great depth their beds of rock or of blue gravel. 1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 37 The inner wall, or septum, between the ventricles, is thin, almost pellucid. 1863 J. Tyndall Heat (1870) iv. §127 109 I will..send the rays..through this slab of pellucid ice. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 254 This part..formed a beautiful pellucid green pool as clear as crystal. 1990 Woman's Jrnl. Mar. 168/1 Lofty pine-covered mountains reflected in pellucid fjords. 2. figurative. a. Easily detected or seen through; obvious; = transparent adj. 2b. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective] sutelc897 openeOE ebera975 graithc1325 broadc1374 plainc1375 clearc1380 grossc1380 manifest1385 notoire1409 patent1508 sensible?1531 discovered1537 plain as a pikestaff (also packstaff, pad-staff)1542 palpable1545 demonstrative1552 plain as the nose on (in) one's face1560 illustrate1562 appearing1566 notorious1581 obvious1583 unshadowed1593 transparent1597 liquid1610 visible1614 pellucid1644 illustrious1654 apertive1661 conspectable1727 suggestive1806 1644 R. Baillie Let. 2 Apr. (1841) II. 150 Their craft was pellucid. 1661 K. W. Confused Characters 8 The higher he thinks to soare..the more he unvailes his own imbecility, and renders himself pellucid. 1958 J. Barth End of Road ii. 24 His face mirrored faithfully whatever was in progress behind it, and..I saw a question settle itself with visible finality on his pellucid brow. b. Of a person, the mind, etc.: perceiving clearly; mentally clear, not confused. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > showing clarity of vision clear1340 well-sighteda1529 clear-eyed1530 quick-sighted1542 thorough-seeing1556 quick-eyed1561 (a person) of a far fetch1574 sharpsighted1583 clear-sighted1586 perspicacious1640 far-sighted1641 clear-headed1709 pellucid1813 far-seeing1837 1813 C. Lamb in Philanthropist Jan. 49 To muddle their faculties, perhaps never very pellucid. 1900 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 378/2 His nature was not always serene and pellucid; it was sometimes roiled by the currents that counter and cross in all of us. 1955 R. C. Hutchinson Stepmother xxii. 144 She saw an accomplishment that seemed, in her pellucid vision of those moments, to transcend men's common victories. 1997 Guardian 11 Apr. t24 Is it not true to say that without the power of the magisterial debating voice, the brilliance of the pellucid mind,..it would be impossible for very stupid people to find any justice in this world? c. Clear in sense and expression, lucid. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > clarity > [adjective] plaina1398 cleara1400 luminousc1450 lightsome1532 perspiculous1565 perspicuous1570 luculent1597 dilucida1640 limpid1649 dilucidate1651 elucidatea1670 dilucidated1759 lucid1786 pellucid1831 chiselleda1862 transpicuous1877 1831 Biblical Repertory July 349 That simple and pellucid style which is a vehicle, and not an incumbrance of the thought. 1861 J. Pycroft Ways & Words 237 Writers of the school of Addison were smooth, measured, and pellucid. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 834/1 The excellence of his work lies rather in the treatment than the substance; primarily, there is the pellucid style, which he drew from his love of Goldsmith. 1940 A. M. Lindbergh Footnote 3 Jan. in War within & Without (1980) 74 He spoke rather slowly,..almost stuttering over a sentence which was, when it came, pellucid in its beauty. 1997 Latin Mass Fall 18/1 The scriptural passage is not readily penetrable, let alone pellucid. d. Of music or other sound: clear and pure in tone. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > [adjective] > clear brightOE clearc1300 breme1340 brisk1660 snellc1730 clear-cut1865 pellucid1952 society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [adjective] > timbre or quality > pure or clear brightOE silver1526 silvered1642 purea1791 silvery1824 pellucid1952 1952 H. E. Bates Love for Lydia ii. v. 139 The nightingale gave a startling pellucid whistle, thin and piercing and exquisite, down in the oak spinney. 1976 Classical Music Weekly 30 Oct. 14/1 A performance of Mozart's K482 Piano Concerto..beautifully pellucid. 2003 Financial Times (Nexis) 5 May (Arts section) 8 Because Ingela Bohlin's soprano is pellucid and clear, because Aleksandra Zamojska's coloratura is breathtaking,..the music is never compromised. †B. n. A pellucid body or substance. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [noun] > object or medium transparency1591 transparence1635 diaphanal1653 pellucid1669 diaphane1844 hyaloid1844 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica ii. vii. 73 Some are diaphanous, others opake..but in pellucids, as Helmont saith, that evestrum vitæ reverberates it self. Compounds pellucid zone n. Anatomy rare = zona pellucida n. at zona n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. II. 305/1 Pellucid zone, zona pellucida. 2000 Biocell 24 97 Presence and thickness of the pellucid zone. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1563
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