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luculent

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From Latin lūculentus, from lūx (“light”).

adjective more luculent · most luculent

  1. archaic Shining, brilliant.
  2. obsolete Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly clear. 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[…].

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@misc{luculent_2026,
  title = {luculent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/luculent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}