limpid
1
7.4
- adjective
- /ˈlɪmpɪd/
:
limpio
- She gazed into his limpid eyes, which sparkled with clarity and kindness.
- limpid water
- limpid pool
- limpid eyes
Examples
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The ripples cascaded back and forth across the limpid pool as she resurfaced.
Fiction book (1990) -
Had he not had so much Zubrowka, he might have considered more closely the relationship between the limpid water in the basin and the tiny stream trickling from the hollow bamboo.
Fiction book (1996) -
I stare into the limpid water.
Fiction book (1996) -
My wife, Amy, gazed up at me with limpid blue eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
Father Pires now followed the stream to its source, a spring bubbling up between rocks into a limpid pool.
Fiction book (1996) -
We would sit under the cloak of vines, with a rotund jar of limpid honey and a plate of pickles.
Fiction book (1998) -
He'd told Reverend Apt that he intended to spend the next day in, as Apt recalls, the limpid countryside.
Fiction book (1990) -
But instead of putting it in gear, he leaned on the steering wheel to look at the road; the limpid sky and the road, joined in the distance, merged in the sun's glaze.
Fiction book (1994) -
The limpid water of the lake allowed us to see the colorful fish swimming below.
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The air was so limpid after the rain that we could see the mountains clearly in the distance.
Synonyms
866
1.0
Free from things that block sight or movement
54
3.2
Clear enough to see things behind it, like glass
5
6.3
Very clear and see-through so you can see fine details
5
3.1
Completely see-through so you can easily see inside
1
4.8
Clear like water or glass so you can see through it
1
9.9
Very clear water or glass that lets you see objects behind it
1
9.9
Clear and see-through like glass
Antonyms
How Clear
Surface Forms
Etymology
Limpid comes from the Latin limpidus, which means 'clear' or 'transparent'. Think of clean glass or a quiet mountain lake where you can see the bottom; that's why limpid describes water, eyes, or air that are completely clear and easy to see through.