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• luce
  luce

  noun

  a pike, especially when fully grown.
• Luce
  Luce

  noun

  Clare Boothe, 1903–87, U.S. writer, politician, and diplomat.

luce

¹ American  

[loos] / lus /

noun

1. a pike, especially when fully grown.

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Luce ² American  

[loos] / lus /

noun

1. Clare Boothe, 1903–87, U.S. writer, politician, and diplomat.

2. Henry Robinson, 1898–1967, U.S. publisher and editor (husband of Clare Boothe Luce).

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luce British  

/ luːs /

noun

1. another name for pike 1

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Etymology

Origin of luce

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French lus pike < Late Latin lūcius

Example Sentences

Algunos profesionales, ya sea que se identifiquen como optimistas o no, son capaces de mantenerse motivados para encontrar soluciones incluso cuando el panorama general luce sombrío.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Cosi più vago è 'l fior, poiché le foglie Spiega odorate: e 'l sol nel mezzo giorno Viè-più, che nel mattin, luce e fiammeggia.

From The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

Ecclesia quoque una est, quae in multitudinem. latius incremento faeccunditatis extenditur.... ecclesia Domini luce perfusa per obem totam radios suos porrigit.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

Lati collibus imminent recessus; Et planus modico tumore vertex Cœlo perfruitur sereniore: Et, curvas nebula tegente valles, Solus luce nitet peculiari: Puris leniter admoventur astris Cels� culmina delicata vill�.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

“Quale per incertam lunam sub luce maligna Est iter in Silvis.”

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)