candid

From Latin candidus (“white”).

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.dɪd/

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• Rhymes: -ændɪd

candid (comparative candider, superlative candidest)

1. Impartial and free from prejudice.
   • 1884, Washington Irving, The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus:

     He knew not where to look for faithful advice, efficient aid, or candid judgement.

   • 21 January 2018, Oli Smith, in The Sunday Express

     Asked about the Brexit vote, the candid president told Marr: «I am not the one to judge or comment on the decision of your people.»

2. Straightforward, open and sincere.
   • 1871, unknown translator, Jules Verne (original), A Journey To The Center Of The Earth

     My candid opinion was that it was all rubbish!

3. Not posed or rehearsed.
   • 2002, Popular Photography:

     Will the introduction of supplementary flash or flood intrude on a candid picture situation or ruin the mood?

• frank, open, parrhesiastic, sincere, unreserved

• candid camera
• candidly
• candidness

• candid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “candid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

candid (plural candids)

1. A spontaneous or unposed photograph.

   His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.

From French candide, from Latin candidus.

candid m or n (feminine singular candidă, masculine plural candizi, feminine and neuter plural candide)

1. candid