Definitions for lucid

lucid lu·cid

Spelling: [loo-sid]
IPA: /ˈlu sɪd/

Lucid is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 48 anagrams from letters in lucid (cdilu).

Definitions for lucid

adjective

  1. easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible:
  2. characterized by clear perception or understanding; rational or sane:
  3. shining or bright.
  4. clear; pellucid; transparent.

Origin of lucid

1575-85; Latin lūcidus, equivalent to lūc-, stem of lūx light1 + -idus -id4

Examples for lucid

Sometimes in lucid moments he thought he was like a place where there had once been a spring.

Milly followed this—it was lucid; but it suggested something apart.

I would look at the rest of his work to see if he was interested in lucid dreaming.

Many of his decisions were models of deep research and lucid statement.

Compact and precise—just 172 pages of text and 23 pages of notes—the book is a model of lucid historical writing.

My old boss has produced a highly readable, engaging, lucid book on practical economics.

This “lucid interval” is found in nearly half of all cases of epidural hematoma (Bullock, Neurosurgery, 2006).

He must be master of a lucid, virile, attractive literary style.

Joseph Heller called it the “most stirring and lucid account of World War II that I have ever read.”

Thereupon he gave a brief, lucid account of what had occurred in the night.

Word Value for lucid
Scrable

8

Words with friends

11

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