luciform

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English

Etymology

From Latin lux, lucis (light) + -form.

Adjective

luciform (comparative more luciform, superlative most luciform)

  1. Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light.
    • 1744, George Berkeley, Siris, a chain of philosophical reflections and inquiries, concerning the virtues of tar-water:
      This tunicle of the soul , whether it be called pure ether , or luciform vehicle , or animal spirit , seemeth to be that which moves and acts upon the gross

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