LUCID
What does "LUCID" mean?
Expressed clearly and easy to understand; or mentally clear and rational.
Meanings
- Clear, easy to understand, well expressed. Her lucid explanation made the tax form almost bearable.
- Clear-minded and rational, especially after confusion or illness. He had a lucid hour each morning before the fever returned.
- Bright or luminous. The lucid sweep of stars over the desert. formal
Did you know?
- In 1975 researcher Keith Hearne recorded the first scientific proof of lucid dreaming: a sleeping volunteer, aware he was dreaming, signalled out from inside the dream with a pre-agreed pattern of left-right eye movements caught on the lab's instruments.
Word origin
From Latin 'lucidus', 'bright, clear', from 'lucere', 'to shine', from 'lux', 'light'; the same root behind 'lucifer' (light-bearer) and 'translucent'.
Remember it
LUCID shares its 'LUC' with LUCIFER and TRANSLUCENT - all about light. Lucid thinking is lit thinking.
A little poem
Fog burns off the lake-
for one clear hour the water
remembers the sky.
haiku
Wordplay
- I had a lucid dream that I understood my own writing. Then I woke up and read it.
What it teaches
Clarity is not the absence of depth; the clearest water is often the deepest.
Quick facts
What does LUCID mean?
Expressed clearly and easy to understand; or mentally clear and rational.
Is LUCID a valid word?
Yes — LUCID is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is LUCID?
LUCID has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does LUCID come from?
From Latin 'lucidus', 'bright, clear', from 'lucere', 'to shine', from 'lux', 'light'; the same root behind 'lucifer' (light-bearer) and 'translucent'.
What can LUCID teach us?
Clarity is not the absence of depth; the clearest water is often the deepest.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.