lucidity
pronunciation
How to pronounce lucidity in British English:
UK [lu:'sɪdətɪ]
How to pronounce lucidity in American English:
US [lu'sɪdətɪ]
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- Noun:
- free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression
- a lucid state of mind; not confused
Word Origin
- lucidity (n.)
- 1650s, "brightness," from French lucidité, from Late Latin luciditas, from lucidus (see lucid). Meaning "intellectual clarity" attested by 1851.
Example
- 1. But he is known for his wit and lucidity .
- 2. What would you do once you achieve lucidity ?
- 3. Solely the balance between evidence and lyricism can allow us to achieve simultaneously emotion and lucidity .
- 4. It is the gentle yet penetrating lucidity of mr eugenides 's writing that makes a slightly humdrum plot into so involving a novel .
- 5. But by normal standards of dealmaking megalomania ( think of sir fred goodwin , once of rbs ) mr thiam is a model of courtesy and lucidity .