limpid

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The Word of the Day for December 9 is:=20

limpid   \LIM-pid\   adjective
          1 *a : marked by transparency : pellucid  b : clear and simple=
 in style
     2 : absolutely serene and untroubled

Example sentence:
          "Autumn leaves float on a limpid stream through which you can =
see the shadows they cast on the stones below." (Ken Johnson, _The Bosto=
n Globe_, July 8, 2007)

Did you know?
     Since the early 1600s, "limpid" has been used in English to describ=
e things that have the soft clearness of pure water. The aquatic connect=
ion is not incidental; language scholars believe that "limpid" probably =
traces to "lympha," a Latin word meaning "water." That same Latin root i=
s also the source of the word "lymph," the English name for the pale liq=
uid that helps maintain the body's fluid balance and that removes bacter=
ia from tissues.





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