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dilucid

/daɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/

dilucid adjective: clear or lucid.

Adjective

dilucid (comparative more dilucid, superlative most dilucid)

  1. (obsolete) clear or lucid
    • an ambiguous, or not so perspicuous and dilucide description of Lawes1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas...

Forms of dilucid

comparativemore dilucid
superlativemost dilucid

Origin of dilucid

From Latin dilucidus, from dilucere (“to be light enough to tell objects apart”). See lucid.

Questions about dilucid

What does dilucid mean?
Dilucid means clear or lucid.
What part of speech is dilucid?
Dilucid is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dilucid?
Dilucid is pronounced /daɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/.

Words near dilucid in the dictionary

  1. Diltheyan
  2. diltiazem
  3. Dilton Marsh
  4. Dilts
  5. Diltses
  6. dilucid
  7. dilucidate
  8. dilucidated
  9. dilucidates
  10. dilucidating
  11. dilucidation

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