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luculent

[loo-kyoo-luhnt]

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adjective

clear or lucid.
a luculent explanation.
convincing; cogent.

luculent

/ ˈ��ː��ʊ��ə�Գ� /

adjective

easily understood; lucid
bright or shining; glowing

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Other Word Forms

luculently adverb
ˈ��ܳ��ܱ��Գٱ�� adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of luculent¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin ��ū��ܱ��Գٳܲ� “bright,” equivalent to ��ū��- (stem of lux ) “light” + -ulentus, adjective suffix; light ¹, -ulent

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Word History and Origins

Origin of luculent¹

C15: from Latin ��ū��ܱ��Գٳܲ� full of light, from ��ū�� light

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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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lucubration Lucullan

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