lucent

see definition of lucent

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Synonyms for lucent

adj bright

beamy

adjective. radiant

brilliant

adjective. shining, glowing in appearance

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., "shining, bright, luminous," from Latin lucentem (nominative lucens), present participle of lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). Meaning "lucid, clear" is from 1820. Related: Lucently.

Example Sentences for lucent

Moeran slowly turned his lucent, amber eyes upon me as he answered.

She clasped her hands, and her eyes were lucent with mistiness.

Far to the right was a chott (or salt lake) and of lucent silver.

Her eyes, yellow as the flower, lucent as water-jewels, held his.

The dusk, lucent beauty of her eyes especially appealed to him.

It is as sweet and lucent and gracious as a fresco of Raphael's.

The sky was lucent as a crystal, and the purple would not die out of the west until nearly midnight.

The girl's limpid, steadfast eyes fascinated her, and she gazed into their lucent depths longer than she was perhaps aware.

She was selfishly engrossed in her book, and sat in her room all day, with hair pinned tightly back and wild and lucent eyes.

In the lucent, cool, green shadow of a thick clump of moose maples he felt rather than discerned a certain warmth of tone.

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Synonyms for lucent

beamy

brilliant

clear

clear-cut

clearer

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beamy

brilliant

clear

clear-cut

clearer

Synonyms for lucent

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