Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

luculent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lu-cu-lent
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shining, brilliant.

Archaic

adj

Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly clear.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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 […]."

Etymology

From Latin lūculentus, from lūx (“light”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lūculentus

Usage

Inflected Forms

more luculent (comparative) most luculent (superlative)

Derived Forms

luculently

Synonyms

limpid lucid pellucid crystal clear perspicuous

Questions

What does luculent mean?: Shining, brilliant.
Where does luculent come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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