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English
Etymology
From Latin lūculentus, from lūx (“light”).
Adjective
luculent (comparative more luculent, superlative most luculent)
- (now rare) Shining, brilliant.
- (obsolete) Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly clear.
- , I.iv.1:
- Cleombrotus Ambraciotes persuaded I know not how many hundreds of his auditors, by a luculent oration he made of the miseries of this, and happiness of that other life, to precipitate themselves .