Hypertext Webster Gateway: "luculent"
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) 1.7 (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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