This week’s theme
Words one letter apart

This week’s words
mucid
lucid

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(LOO-sid)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Clear; easily understood.
2. Clearheaded, especially between periods of confusion.
3. Bright or shining

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin lucere (to shine), from lux (light). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leuk- (light) that is also the source of lunar, lunatic, light, lightning, lucid, illuminate, illustrate, translucent, lux, and lynx. Earliest documented use: 1581.

USAGE:

“In March, I explored Helen Buckler’s papers, which are stored at the Wisconsin Historical Society. ... Beneath dated language, her thinking is lucid.”
Jonathan Lethem; A Neighborhood, Authored; The New Yorker; Aug 28, 2023.

See more usage examples of lucid in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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