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luculent, a.|ˈl(j)uːkjʊlənt|
[ad. L. lūculentus, f. lūc-, lūx light.]
1. Full of light; bright, clear, shining. Now rare.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. x. 191 Trie out the grape vnhurt, neither to ripe Neither to sowre, as gemmys luculent. 1645Evelyn Mem. (1857) I. 188 It emitted a luculent flame as bright and large as a small wax candle. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 631 Vipers..must be cocted on a luculent, but not a violent fire. 1726–46Thomson Winter 710 Luculent along The purer rivers flow. 1892C. E. Norton Dante's Par. xxii. 143 The most luculent of those pearls.
2.
†a. Of oratory, compositions in general: Brilliant, admirable; hence of a writer or orator (obs.).
b. Of evidence, arguments: Clear, convincing. Of explanations: Lucid, luminous.
a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VII (1809) 450 The kyng..gaue good eare to his luculent & eloquent oracion. 1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. xl. §2 The most luculent testimonies that Christian Religion hath. 1603Eng. Mourn. Garm. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) II. 486 She was still confident in her Saviour,..as appeared by many luculent examples. 1606Dekker Newes fr. Hell Wks. (Grosart) II. 103 Luculent Poet, Elegant Orator. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. Title, Three Sermons..upon that luculent Prophecie of Peace, and Union, Esay chap. ii. v. 6. 7. and 8. 1675Sir E. Sherburne Manilius Pref. 10 Having illustrated so Obscure a Subject in such Luculent Verse. 1693J. H. in Dryden's Juvenal x. Notes 19 Mr. John Dryden Junior's method therein is more Luculent than the Dauphin's famous Tutors. 1702C. Mather Magn. Chr. iii. iii. (1852) 532 A most luculent and practical exposition. a1734North Lives (1826) II. 217 The redundance..may be indulged as a worthy remembrance of a most luculent example. 1824Blackw. Mag. XVI. 6, I now desire Mr. James Ballantyne..to set up in brevier the following luculent observations. 1851‘Nimrod’ The Road 61 A luculent chapter on the astonishing convenience of our public conveyances. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. viii. v. II. 356 These glimpses of the Crown-Prince..are not very luculent to the reader. 1885–6F. D. Allen in Papers Amer. School at Athens (1888) IV. 39 A luculent case is in n. 58.
3. Of persons: Brilliant; illustrious. Obs.
1599B. Jonson Ev. Man out of Hum. ii. iii, Most debonaire, and Luculent Ladie. c1600Timon ii. iv. (1842) 31 By what faulte or fate of mine (luculent not lutulent Serjeants) shall I say it is come to passe. c1620J. Taylor (Water-P.) Wks. (1630) iii. 117/2 Saint George comes: and seeing so bright and luculent a Goddesse..demanded entertainement. |