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pellucid

[puh-loo-sid] / pəˈlu sɪd /


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George Balanchine’s pellucid “Mozartiana” was the first work to follow “Othello” in the run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

A sea foam green salmon, its pellucid glass skin reflecting the light, swims upstream across the white wall.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2024

If you are missing cocktail bars, New York City before the shutdown or simply pellucid and startlingly intelligent poetry, “Three Poems” is a book for you.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2020

Gass was one of the great prose stylists, and the writing here is typically smooth and pellucid, conjuring its effects by stealth and unflagging control.

From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2019

Her lashes, he recalled, were golden red, her eyes pellucid blue.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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