lucent

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈl(j)uːsnt/ (UK)
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/ˈl(j)uːsnt/ (UK) · /ˈlus(ə)nt/ (US)

Definition of lucent

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Emitting light; shining, luminous.
    “Sherif Nasir led us: his lucent goodness, which provoked answering devotion even from the depraved, made him the only leader (and a benediction) for forlorn hopes.”
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adj

  1. Emitting light; shining, luminous.
    “Sherif Nasir led us: his lucent goodness, which provoked answering devotion even from the depraved, made him the only leader (and a benediction) for forlorn hopes.”
  2. Translucent; clear, lucid.
    “[…] her dilated eyes fixed with a horror-stricken fascination upon the pygmy burial-ground, in that broad, lucent expanse of the yellow moonlight which was still streaming through the illuminated gorge of the mountains into an otherwise dusky world.”

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Etymology

From Latin lūcentem, the present participle of lūcēre (“to shine”).

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