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lucent

[ loo-suhnt ]

adjective

  1. Literary. shining; luminous.


lucent

/ ˈːəԳ /

adjective

  1. brilliant, shining, or translucent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳԳٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·· [loo, -s, uh, n-see] Rare, ·Գ [loo, -s, uh, ns], noun
  • ·Գ· adverb
  • ·ٱ··Գ adjective
  • ···Գ adjective
  • ܲ··Գ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of lucent1

First recorded in 1490–1500; from Latin ūԳ- (stem of ūŧԲ ), present participle of ūŧ “to shine”; lucid, -ent
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of lucent1

C16: from Latin ūŧԲ, present participle of ūŧ to shine
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When Benigni cracked that the pope was "lucent ... emanating light", the pope responded, "Don't exaggerate!"

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The lucent eyes are commercially produced, hence big for the faces they occupy.

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Witty, moving, intellectually lucent, and quite far out, it instantly makes you want to know her better, and it more than justifies a visit to this show.

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Hamid has been much laureled for the lucent beauty of his prose.

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Of course, there is history, and it’s nasty — as we learn from lucent black-and-white flashbacks and Asher’s oddly poetic internal monologue.

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