Luculent
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Shining, brilliant. archaic
- 2 Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly clear. obsolete
"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 […]."
Adjective
- 1 (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable wordnet
Example
More examples"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 […]."
Etymology
From Latin lūculentus, from lūx (“light”).
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