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Webster 1913 Edition


Lucid

Lu′cid

,
Adj.
[L.
lucidus
, fr.
lux
,
lucis
, light. See
Light
,
Noun.
]
1.
Shining; bright; resplendent;
as, the
lucid
orbs of heaven
.
Lucid
, like a glowworm.
Sir I. Newton.
A court compact of
lucid
marbles.
Tennyson.
2.
Clear; transparent.
Lucid streams.”
Milton.
3.
Presenting a clear view; easily understood; clear.
A
lucid
and interesting abstract of the debate.
Macaulay.
4.
Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason;
as, a
lucid
interval
.
Syn. – Luminous; bright; clear; transparent; sane; reasonable. See
Luminous
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lucid

LU'CID

,
Adj.
[L. lucidus, from luceo, to shine. See Light.]
1.
Shining; bright; resplendent; as the lucid orbs of heaven.
2.
Clear; transparent; pellucid; as a lucid stream.
3.
Bright with the radiance of intellect; not darkened or confused by delirium or madness; marked by the regular operations of reason; as the lucid intervals of a deranged man.
4.
Clear; distinct; presenting a clear view; easily understood; as a lucid order or arrangement.

Definition 2024


lucid

lucid

See also: lúcid

English

Adjective

lucid (comparative lucider or more lucid, superlative lucidest or most lucid)

  1. clear; easily understood
    • 2014 September 26, Tom Payne, “Sapiens: a Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, review: 'urgent questions' [print version: The story of our species, 27 September 2014, p. R32]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review):
      [T]he book, constructed in short, lucid episodes, can be satisfyingly read as a sequence of provocative talks, at once well informed and vatic.
  2. mentally rational; sane
  3. bright, luminous, translucent or transparent

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Noun

lucid (plural lucids)

  1. A lucid dream.
    • 1986, Benjamin B. Wolman, Montague Ullman, Handbook of states of consciousness (page 163)
      The day before nightmare-initiated lucids, subjects reported more depressed feelings []

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Spanish

Verb

lucid

  1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of lucir.