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luculent

[ loo-kyoo-luhnt ]

adjective

  1. clear or lucid:

    a luculent explanation.



luculent

/ ˈ±ô³Üː°ìÂáʊ±ôə²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. easily understood; lucid
  2. bright or shining; glowing
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±ô³Ü³Š³Ü±ô±ð²Ô³Ù±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ô³Üc³Ü·±ô±ð²Ô³Ù·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of luculent1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin ±ôÅ«³Š³Ü±ô±ð²Ô³Ù³Ü²õ “bright,” equivalent to ±ôÅ«³Š- (stem of lux ) “light” + -ulentus, adjective suffix; light 1, -ulent
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of luculent1

C15: from Latin ±ôÅ«³Š³Ü±ô±ð²Ô³Ù³Ü²õ full of light, from ±ôÅ«³æ light
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Example Sentences

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Most debonair, and luculent lady, I decline me as low as the basis of your altitude.

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The other is among the Robinson Papers: doubtless very luculent to Robinson, who is now home in England, but remembers many a thing.

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And the largest and the most luculent of those pearls came forward to make of its own accord my wish content.

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