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luculent


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Luculent  \Lu"cu*lent\,  a.  [L.  luculentus  from  lux,  lucis, 
  light.] 
  1.  Lucid;  clear;  transparent.  --Thomson. 
 
  2.  Clear;  evident;  luminous.  ``  Most  luculent  testimonies.'' 
  --Hooker. 
 
  3.  Bright;  shining  in  beauty.  [Obs.] 
 
  Most  debonair  and  luculent  lady.  --B.  Jonson 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  luculent 
  adj  :  (of  language)  transparently  clear;  easily  understandable; 
  "writes  in  a  limpid  style";  "lucid  directions";  "a 
  luculent  oration"-  Robert  Burton;  "pellucid  prose";  "a 
  crystal  clear  explanation";  "a  perspicuous  argument" 
  [syn:  {limpid},  {lucid},  {pellucid},  {crystal  clear},  {perspicuous}] 




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