luce
noun
a pike, especially when fully grown.
luce
1 American
[loos]
/ lus /
noun
Luce
2
American
[loos]
/ lus /
noun
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Clare Boothe, 1903–87, U.S. writer, politician, and diplomat.
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Henry Robinson, 1898–1967, U.S. publisher and editor (husband of Clare Boothe Luce).
luce
British
/ luːs /
noun
Etymology
Origin of luce
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French lus pike < Late Latin lūcius
Example Sentences
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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
Ut obscuratur et offunditur luce solis lumen lucernæ.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
But waiving this, you have made it luce clarius to all the world that so late as the year 1882, to you “Euthalius” was nothing else but “a name.”
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
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.
Non so se e' l'immaginata luce Del suo primo Fattor che l'alma sente, O se dalla memoria.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 by Various
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