LUCID

PRONUNCIATION: (LOO-sid)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Clear; easily understood.
2. Clearheaded, especially between periods of confusion.
3. Bright or shining

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin lucere (to shine), from lux (light). Ultimately from the Indo-European root leuk- (light) that is also the source of lunar, lunatic, light, lightning, lucid, illuminate, illustrate, translucent, lux, and lynx. Earliest documented use: 1581.
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LUCIED - binged on the old TV show, with Desi and Fred and Ethel; (reruns still available)

LUCIDE - a combination of Lucy with chlorine or another halogen

ELUCID - the person who would eat things to draw out their meaning, a process called "elucidate"