Literary notes about pellucidity (AI summary)
The term "pellucidity" is employed to evoke a sense of striking clarity both in physical and metaphorical realms. In one context, it portrays the unclouded, crystalline nature of water, as in the depiction of the Nevis waters as having an "exceeding pellucidity" [1]. In other instances, it is used to describe the elegance or lucidity of style, suggesting that clear expression is of paramount importance—indeed, a foremost attribute in writing [2]. Additionally, the word extends its reach into technical and scientific descriptions by denoting the necessary clarity required in processes such as drying or in anatomical observations like the "renewed pellucidity of the cornea" [3, 4]. Even in discussions of aging, "pellucidity" subtly captures the loss of vitality or clarity, as seen in the metaphorical fading associated with the whiteness of hair [5].
- First of all, we were all struck by the exceeding pellucidity and crystal clearness of the waters of the Nevis.
— from Nether LochaberThe Natural History, Legends, and Folk-lore of the West Highlands by Stewart, Alexander, Rev. - The style, however, was pithy, and in writing that is the first Christian grace—no, I forgot, it is the second; pellucidity is the first.
— from Love Me Little, Love Me Long by Charles Reade - As spontaneous pellucidity is required, its whole medium must not exceed 138 degrees, for the drying and extracting heat.
— from The Theory and Practice of Brewing by Michael Combrune - And the other the post-remote effect; as the renewed pellucidity of the cornea; and thus six links of causation may be expressed in words.
— from Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. II by Erasmus Darwin - The same analogy may be used to explain the whiteness of the hair of old people, which loses its pellucidity along with its moisture.
— from Zoonomia; Or, the Laws of Organic Life, Vol. II by Erasmus Darwin
