lucidness
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈluːsɪdnəs/
Noun
lucidness (uncountable)
- The property of being lucid; lucidity.
- The lucidness of his answers argued against his being insane or confused.
- 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
- Surprised and rejoiced thus far at the unanticipated newness, and the sweet lucidness and simplicity of Isabel’s narrating, […] Pierre now, in handing the instrument to Isabel, could not entirely restrain something like a look of half-regret, accompanied rather strangely with a half-smile of gentle humor.
Translations
property of being lucid