Lucent
/ˈlus(ə)nt/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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."
Adjective
- 1 softly bright or radiant wordnet
Example
More examples"He looked out with lucent and terrible eyes upon the world."
Etymology
From Latin lūcentem, the present participle of lūcēre (“to shine”).