dilucid

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/daɪˈl(j)uːsɪd//dɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/

adjective

clear or lucid

OriginLatin dīlūcidus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Proto-Italic *l(o)ukēō? →
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Meanings

adjectivedilucid (comparative more dilucid, superlative most dilucid)

comparative more dilucid · superlative most dilucid

  1. obsoleteclear or lucid

    an ambiguous, or not so perspicuous and dilucide description of Lawes

    1605, 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 Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lowkéyeti
  8. Proto-Italic*loukeō
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lewk-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lukéh₁yeti
  11. Proto-Italic*l(o)ukēō?
  12. Latinlūceō
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  14. Latinlūcidus
  15. Latindīlūcidus
  16. Englishdilucid

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

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APA

dilucid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dilucid

MLA

“dilucid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dilucid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dilucid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dilucid.

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