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relucent

[ ri-loo-suh nt ]
/ rɪˈlu sənt /
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adjective

shining; bright.

RELATED WORDS

golden, glistening, vivid, brilliant, shimmering, radiant, sunny, dazzling, blazing, sparkling, luminous, shiny, intense, flashing, silvery, bright, lustrous, scintillating, conspicuous, incandescent

Nearby words

  1. relocatable,
  2. relocate,
  3. relocation,
  4. relocation costs,
  5. relocator,
  6. reluct,
  7. reluctance,
  8. reluctant,
  9. reluctate,
  10. reluctivity

Origin of relucent

1500–10; < Latin relūcent- (stem of relūcēns), present participle of relūcere. See re-, lucent
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British Dictionary definitions for relucent

relucent

/ (rɪˈluːsənt) /

adjective

archaic bright; shining

Word Origin for relucent

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