A.Word.A.Day--limpid

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Nov 1, 2001

This week's theme
Red-herring words

This week's words
debridement
escheat
antiphony
limpid
sexcentenary

A.Word.A.Day

with Anu Garg

(LIM-pid)

adjective:
1. Clear; transparent.
2. Easily comprehensible; clear.
3. Calm; serene.

[From Latin limpidus (clear).]

"In her limpid, elastic prose the business of creating photographs is turned into poetry."
A Lot on Her Plate; The Economist (London); May 5, 2001.

Bed is the poor man's opera. -Italian proverb

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