pellucid: Dictionary.com Word of the Day /-----------------------------------------------------------------\\ You can balance both career and education with the University  of Phoenix degree program, which is 100% online!  More working professionals attend the University of Phoenix  than any other private university in the United States. Learn more: http://quinst.com/clk/yuansangxiudezao  AOL users  click here \\-----------------------------------------------------------------/    Word of the Day for Wednesday April 10, 2002:    pellucid \\puh-LOO-sid\\, adjective:    1. Transparent; clear; not opaque.    2. Easily understandable.      The   prevailing   atmosphere   as   one  cruises  Kukulcan      Boulevard, the busy strip where most of Cancun's 122 hotels      are  clustered,  remains  that of an Orlando or a Las Vegas      dropped intact next to pellucid Caribbean waters.      --Larry  Rohter,  "What's  Doing  in  Cancun."  [1]New York      Times, March 8, 1998      In  her  scrupulous  and  pellucid  prose,  she  appears to      distance herself from the optimistic Californian light.      --Cynthia Ozick, "What Writer's Writers Write." [2]New York      Times Magazine, January 2, 2000      _________________________________________________________    Pellucid  comes from Latin pellucidus, "shining, transparent,"    from  pellucere,  "to  shine  through," from per-, "through" +    lucere, "to shine." References    1. http://www.nyt.com/    2. http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/ _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ You are currently subscribed to Dictionary.com Word of the Day as:  matt.motley@enron.com To subscribe to the list by email, send a blank message to: join-WordoftheDay@lists.lexico.com To unsubscribe via email, send a blank message to: leave-wordoftheday-357530C@lists.lexico.com Subscriptions can be turned on and off from the Web at http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/list/ Dictionary.com Word of the Day http://www.dictionary.com/wordoftheday/ (C) 2002 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.