This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
relucent
[ ri-loo-suhnt ]
/ rɪˈlu sənt /
Save This Word!
This shows grade level based on the word's complexity.
adjective
shining; bright.
QUIZ
CAN YOU ANSWER THESE COMMON GRAMMAR DEBATES?
There are grammar debates that never die; and the ones highlighted in the questions in this quiz are sure to rile everyone up once again. Do you know how to answer the questions that cause some of the greatest grammar debates?
Question 1 of 7
Which sentence is correct?
Words nearby relucent
relocate, relocation, relocation costs, relocator, rel. pron., relucent, reluct, reluctance, reluctant, reluctantly, reluctate
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use relucent in a sentence
A thousand desires hotter than flame bound my eyes to the relucent eyes which only upon the griffon were standing fixed.
Et sicut in patria Deus est speculum in quo relucent creatur; sic converso in via, creatur sunt speculum quo creator videtur.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012