limpid

/ˈlɪmpɪd/

/ˈlɪmpɪd/

The adjective limpid describes something (often liquid) that is clear, serene and bright. Nature calendars often feature glamour shots of a limpid stream or a limpid lake.

The adjective limpid may also describe language that is easily understandable. Your teacher might ask you to give an answer in a single limpid sentence. But he probably won't because limpid is a word that's fallen out of use. Maybe because it sounds too much like limp. Or maybe because it's associated with the king of all clichés: "Her eyes were like limpid pools."

Definitions of limpid

1. adjective

   clear and bright
   “limpid blue eyes”

   synonyms: liquid

   clear

   allowing light to pass through
2. adjective

   transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
   “could see the sand on the bottom of the limpid pool”

   synonyms: crystal clear, crystalline, lucid, pellucid, transparent

   clear

   allowing light to pass through
3. adjective

   (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
   “writes in a limpid style”

   synonyms: crystal clear, lucid, luculent, pellucid, perspicuous

   clear

   readily apparent to the mind