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Webster 1913 Edition
Luculent
Lu′cu-lent
,Adj.
[L.
luculentus
, from lux
, lucis
, light.] 1.
Lucid; clear; transparent.
Thomson.
2.
Clear; evident; luminous.
“ Most luculent testimonies.” Hooker.
3.
Bright; shining in beauty.
[Obs.]
Most debonair and
luculent
lady. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Luculent
LU'CULENT
,Adj.
1.
Lucid; clear; transparent; as luculent rivers.2.
Clear; evident; luminous.The most luculent testimonies that the christian religion hath.
Definition 2024
luculent
luculent
English
Adjective
luculent (comparative more luculent, superlative most luculent)
- (now rare) Shining, brilliant.
- (obsolete) Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly clear.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iv.1:
- Cleombrotus Ambraciotes persuaded I know not how many hundreds of his auditors, by a luculent oration he made of the miseries of this, and happiness of that other life, to precipitate themselves […].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, I.iv.1: