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Limpidity

Definitions: Limpidity

Limpidity

Noun

1. Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression.

2. Passing light without diffusion or distortion.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "limpidity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1837. (references)


Synonyms: Limpidity

Synonyms: clarity (n), clearness (n), lucidity (n), pellucidity (n), pellucidness (n). (additional references)
Antonyms: obscureness (n), unclearness (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Limpidity

English words defined with "limpidity": Limpidness, Limpitude. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Limpidity

"Limpidity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Limpidity" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%6143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Limpidity

Language Translations for "limpidity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

qartësi (clarity, definition, light, lucidity, perspicuity, plainness, tangibility), kthjelltësi (clearness, lucidity, perspicuity, serenity). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏وضوح (boldness, candidness, clarification, clarity, clearness, distinctness, frankness, intelligibility, lucidity, nakedness, obviousness, perspicacity, visibility), ‏جلاء (clearness, evacuation, intelligibility, lucidity, moving out, obviousness, visibility), ‏شفافية (impressionability, lucidity, sensitiveness, tenderness, translucence, transparency). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

яснота (clarity, clearness, crispness, definition, distinctness, fairness, lucidity, neatness, perspicuity, vividness), бистрота (water), прозрачност (limpness, lucidity, transparence, transparency). (various references)

   

Czech

  

èirost (clarity). (various references)

   

Danish

  

klarhed (brightness, clarity, clear, limpid, luminosity). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

klaarheid (clarity), helderheid (cleanliness, purity). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kirkkaus (brightness, clearness). (various references)

   

French

  

limpidité. (various references)

   

German

  

Klarheit (articulateness, brightness, clarification, clarity, clearness, cloudlessness, crispness, definiteness, distinctness, intelligibleness, levelheadedness, limpidness, lucidity, perspicaciousness, perspicuity, plainness, serenity, vividness). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

διαύγεια (clarity, clearanceness, clearness, limpidness, lucence, lucency, lucidness, pellucidity, pellucidness, translucence). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tisztaság (brightness, chastity, clarity, cleanliness, cleanness, clearness, lucidity, Maidenhead, neatness, purity). (various references)

   

Italian

  

limpidezza (articulateness, clarity, clearness, limpidness, lucidity, perspicuity). (various references)

   

Manx

  

sullyraght (cheerfulness, clearness, splendour). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

impiditylay

   

Portuguese

  

limpidez (clarity, purity, transparency). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

limpezime (purity, roundness), claritate (clarity, clearness, definition, distinctness, evidence, explicitness, fairness, lucidity, neatness, palpability, perspicuity, simplicity, tangibility, transparency). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

прозрачность (clarity, perspicuity, translucence, translucency, transparency). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prozirnost (transparency), bistrina (brightness, clearness, cleverness, quickness, sagacity), čistoća (cleanliness, cleanness, purity). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

limpidez (clarity), nitidez (clarity, definition, sharpness), claridad (articulateness, brightness, clarity, clearness, concrete, crystal, definition, explicitness, fineness, lightness, lightship, limpidness, lucidity, perspicuity, plainness). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

klarhet (brightness, clarity, clearness, lucidity, perspicuity, serenity), genomskinlighet (translucence, transparency). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

duruluk (clarity, limpidness), berraklık (clarity, clearness, limpidness, lucency, lucidity, lucidness, serenity). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

trạng thái trong trẻo (limpidness), trạng thái trong suốt (limpidness), trạng thái trong sáng sự sáng sủa (limpidness), sự rõ ràng (conspicuity, conspicuousness, limpidness). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Limpidity"

Words rhyming with "limpidity" (pronounced 'Lim*pid"i*ty'): Ability, Abnormality, Abnormity, Aboriginality, Absorbability, Absorptivity, Abstrusity, Absurdity, Accendibility, Accentuality, Acceptability, Accessibility, Accidentality, Acclivity, Accomplicity, Accountability, Acerbity, Acetosity, Achromaticity, Acidity, Acquirability, Acrity, Activity, Actuality, Actuosity, Acuity, Addibility, Admirability, Admiralty, Admissibility, Adorability, Aduncity, Adverbiality, Adversity, Advisability, Aeriality, Affability, Affectibility, Agaty, Agility, Agreeability, Alacrity, Alamodality, Aldermanity, Algidity, Alibility, Alienability, Alkalinity, Allotropicity, Alterability. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Limpidity

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-i-i-i-l-m-p-t-y"

-2 letters: timidly.

-3 letters: dimity, dimply, limpid, tidily.

-4 letters: dimly, imply, limit, lipid, milty, timid.

-5 letters: dipt, idly, idyl, imid, impi, limp, limy, midi, mild, milt, mity, pili, pily, pity, tidy, tipi.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Limpidity


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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