luculent

[loo-kyoo-luhnt]

adjective

1. clear or lucid.

   a luculent explanation.

2. convincing; cogent.

luculent

/ ˈluːkjʊlənt /

adjective

1. easily understood; lucid

2. bright or shining; glowing

Other Word Forms

• luculently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of luculent¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin lūculentus “bright,” equivalent to lūc- (stem of lux ) “light” + -ulentus, adjective suffix; light ¹, -ulent

Word History and Origins

Origin of luculent¹

C15: from Latin lūculentus full of light, from lūx light

Example Sentences

Most debonair, and luculent lady, I decline me as low as the basis of your altitude.

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The other is among the Robinson Papers: doubtless very luculent to Robinson, who is now home in England, but remembers many a thing.

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And the largest and the most luculent of those pearls came forward to make of its own accord my wish content.

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