SuaviloquyToday’s word

limpid

Limpid, a.

Etymology: [L.limpidus; akin to Gr. limpide. Cf. Lamp.]

Characterized by clearness or transparency; clear; as, a limpid stream. Springs which were clear, fresh, and limpid. Woodward.

Syn. -- Clear; transparent; pellucid; lucid; pure; crystal; translucent; bright.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for limpid; he lists it under clear.

Where he writes about it:

Limpid refers to a liquid clearness, or that which suggests it; as, limpid streams. — from clear