Friday, May 28, 2010

Is your writing pellucid?

pellucid / puh-LOO-sid / adjective
1. Transparent; clear; not opaque.
2. Easily understandable
In her scrupulous and pellucid prose, she appears to distance herself from the optimistic Californian light.
-- Cynthia Ozick, "What Writer's Writers Write.", New York Times Magazine, January 2, 2000

History: "transparent, translucent," 1619, from L. pellucidus "transparent," from pellucere "shine through," from per- "through" + lucere "to shine"

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