WordWealth: luculent

luculent \LOO-kyuh-luhnt\, adj.

1. clear or lucid: a luculent explanation. 2. convincing; cogent. [1375–1425; late ME < L lūculentus bright, equiv. to lūc- (s. of lūx) light + -ulentus -ULENT]

—lucu·lent·ly, adv.

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Yet it is always luculent, even when the concepts being expressed become somewhat sophisticated. —— Dan Schnabel, "Goodbye Descartes," American Mathematical Monthly, Nov 1998

From the high ground all is clear, interpretable, luculent: this is what this means. —— Thomas Lux, The Cradle Place

Synonyms: bright, comprehensible, crystal-clear, crystalline, definite, distinct, filmy, intelligible, lucid, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, pure, see-through, thin, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous.

luculent: limpid

lim·pid \LIM-pid\, adj.

1. clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond. 2. free from obscurity; lucid; clear: a limpid style; limpid prose. 3. completely calm; without distress or worry: a limpid, emotionless existence. [1605–15; < L limpidus clear. See LYMPH, -ID4]

—lim·pidi·ty, limpid·ness, n.

—limpid·ly, adv.

(Random House Webster's Unabridged).

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