Lucent

//ˈlus(ə)nt// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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. 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. 1
    softly bright or radiant wordnet

Synonyms

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luminousaglowalightbeamingbrightbrilliant

Example

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"He looked out with lucent and terrible eyes upon the world."

Etymology

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

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