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luciferous, a.2|l(j)uːˈsɪfərəs|
[f. L. lūcifer light-bearing (see Lucifer) + -ous.]
1. That brings, conveys, or emits light. Now rare in serious use.
1656Blount Glossogr., Luciferous, that brings or causeth light. 1686Plot Staffordsh. 116 The clammy moisture of Oysters that shines in the dark of a violet colour, comes from luciferous wormes that have their holes in the shells. 1694Salmon Bate's Dispens. i. 351/1 The lucidness of the Luciferous matter. 1805tr. St. Vincent's Voy. Afr. Seas 42 These luciferous animals [F. animaux lucifères] almost all belong to the class of transparent..worms. 1821Blackw. Mag. X. 560 Combustible and luciferous matter. 1856Grindon Life xxxii. 283 The nearer we stand to the luciferous orb [sc. the sun]. 1859Thackeray Virgin. xxv, Let us..bless Mr. Price and other Luciferous benefactors of mankind, for banishing the abominable mutton of our youth.
2. fig. Affording illumination or insight; luminous, illuminating. In 17th c. common in luciferous experiment, after Bacon's lucifera experimenta (Nov. Org. i. §70, 99, et al.).
1648Petty Adv. to Hartlib 20 How to make the most of experiments,..all being equally Luciferous, although not equally Lucriferous. 1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. xv. 104 So Luciferous an Experiment. 1676Glanvill Ess. iii. 28 A rare and luciferous Theory. 1811Edin. Rev. XIX. 229 These..are the only luciferous experiments, of which geology can yet boast.
Hence luˈciferously adv., luˈciferousness.
1665Phil. Trans. I. 48 The Luciferousness of such Experiments. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. iii. §3 Embrace not the opacous and blind side of opinions, but that which looks most Luciferously or influentially unto Goodness. |