Monday, 30 September 2013

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Pellucid

pel-lu-cid



adjective :: Transparent; clear; translucent; not opaque.



"In the atmosphere of the Easterly weather, as pellucid as a piece of crystal and refracting like a prism, we could see the appalling numbers of our helpless company, even to those who in more normal conditions would have remained invisible, sails down under the horizon." --Conrad, Joseph

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