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relucent

[ri-loo-suh nt]
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adjective
  1. shining; bright.
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Origin of relucent

1500–10; < Latin relūcent- (stem of relūcēns), present participle of relūcere. See re-, lucent
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  • A thousand desires hotter than flame bound my eyes to the relucent eyes which only upon the griffon were standing fixed.

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British Dictionary definitions for relucent

relucent

adjective
  1. archaic bright; shining
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Word Origin

C16: from Latin relūcēre to shine out, from re- + lūcēre to shine, from lūx light
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