It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit rocate "shines " Armenian lois "light," lusin "moon " Greek leukos "bright, shining, white " Latin lucere "to shine," lux "light," lucidus "clear " Old Church Slavonic luci "light " Lithuanian laukas "pale " Welsh llug "gleam, glimmer " Old Irish loche "lightning," luchair "brightness " Hittite lukezi "is bright " Old English leht, leoht "light, daylight spiritual illumination," German Licht, Gothic liuhaþ "light." " lucent lucid Lucifer luciferase luciferous lucifugous lucubrate lucubration luculent lumen Luminal luminary luminate luminescence luminous luna lunacy lunar Lunarian lunate lunation lunatic lune lunette luni- luster lustrum lux pellucid sublunary translucent. It forms all or part of: allumette elucidate illumination illustration lea leukemia leuko- light (n.) "brightness, radiant energy " lightning limn link (n.2) "torch of pitch, tow, etc. If this is a new word for you too, I hope you will find ways to insert it into your everyday discourse, as I do here in my haiku for the word of today…pellucid.Proto-Indo-European root meaning "light, brightness." Had you? That’s why I do love this exercise (though, admittedly, I had taken a break from it for a few weeks). Though I had never heard it before today’s word of the day prompting. Here’s a link in case you want to have a listen:Ĭlearly, pellucidly (is that a word? Yes, in fact it is □) we are still using this 17th century word in our everyday vernacular. And finally, I found an instrumental piece by callasoiled (posted by Elegant Sister) called Pellucid Light. And there is a company that sells pellucid sound systems…also a wonderful use of the word. Pellucid water sounds like a wonderful thing. Their process, they claim is a cost efficient alternative to multi-process systems currently being used. ![]() Pellucid Analytics that provides” technologies to improve investment banker workflows.” Pellucid Water is a company that has developed cold plasma technology to treat water without creating secondary waste. ![]() There are also a several businesses that use Pellucid in their name. There is an eye disorder called Pellucid Marginal Degeneration (PMD) which is a bilateral (both eyes), non-inflammatory corneal disease characterized by severe inferior crescent shaped thinning. I found a few references a la Google to this word. So as I said, today’s word is very clear, very pellucid. clear in meaning, expression, or style: a pellucid way of writing. Some examples of the prefex, “per” include: perbonus “very good, excellent,” perbrevis “very short,” perbene “very well,” perbellē “very charmingly,” and percelebrāre “to make thoroughly known.” The Greek prefix and preposition perí serves the same purpose, as in Periklês (c 495-429 b.c.), the Athenian statesman, from the adjective perikleês “very famous.” It is defined as allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass translucent clear or limpid: pellucid waters. A Latin word that entered the English language in the 17th century, pellucid finds its root in the adjective pellūcidus (the usual Latin spelling is perlūcidus) meaning “very clear, transparent.” The Latin adjective lūcidus is thoroughly naturalized in English lucid, but the Latin prefix and preposition per- is adds intensity to the Latin root of the English word lucid (lūcidusis). Today’s word of the day at, pellucid, is about as straightforward as words can be…perfectly clear in meaning…in other words, pellucid.
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