a. [ L. candicans, p. pr. of candicare to be whitish. ] Growing white. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. candēre to be of a glowing white; akin to accend&ebreve_;re, incend&ebreve_;re, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shine. Cf. Candle, Incense. ] 1. White. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The box receives all black; but poured from thence,
The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. “Candid and dispassionate men.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken.

Syn. -- Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable. -- Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of the yeastlike imperfect fungi of the genus Candida. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering, white: cf. F. candidat. ] One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Candidacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. [ Cant, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Candidacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an infection caused by fungi of the genera Monilia or Candida, especially Candida albicans.
Syn. -- moniliasis, monilia disease. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a candid manner. [ 1913 Webster ]