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limpidlim‧pid /ˈlɪmpɪd/ adjective literary limpidOrigin: 1600-1700 French limpide, from Latin, from lympha; ➔ LYMPH - Black shapes now appear against the limpid sky on the horizons!
- It was a limpid, beautiful day, and she was a little bit in love.
- Studying you, I note your limpid gaze, felicitous expression your dazzling waist.
easy to see through► clear easy to see through, rather than coloured or dirty: · The table top is a piece of clear glass.· a clear liquid· The water was so clear that you could see down to the bottom of the lake. ► transparent clear – used especially about materials and solid things. Transparent is a little more formal than clear: · Fill a transparent plastic bottle with water.· a piece of transparent film· Melt 2 ounces of butter in a large frying pan, and cook the onions until they are almost transparent. ► see-through made of a very thin material that you can see through – used especially about women’s clothes: · She wore a black see-through dress. ► limpid literary clear – used especially about water or other liquids . This is a very formal word which is used in novels and literature: · limpid pools· She gave her a golden flask of limpid olive oil. clear or transparent: limpid blue eyes—limpidly adverb—limpidity /lɪmˈpɪdəti/ noun [uncountable] |