lucentadj.

Brit.

/ˈluːsnt/,

/ˈljuːsnt/, U.S.

/ˈlus(ə)nt/

Forms: Also Middle English lucyant.

Etymology: < Latin lūcent-em, present participle of lūcēre to shine.

a. Shining, bright, luminous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > bright

shininga900

lighteOE

lightlyOE

sheenOE

torhtOE

shirea1000

steepa1000

shimmeringc1000

brightOE

strongOE

clear1297

fair?a1300

bright-shininga1387

merrya1393

skirea1400

lucident14..

shimc1400

staringc1400

luculentc1420

splendent1474

illuminousc1485

lucentc1500

bloominga1522

sheer1565

prelucent1568

faculent1575

splendant1578

lucid1591

neat1591

shine1596

translucent1596

well-lighted1606

nitid1615

lucible1623

dilucid1653

translucid1657

hard1660

c1500 in H. Gilbert Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) Forewords p. xix Afferik, Sumtyme namyt the land lucyant in the partis of Orient.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 203 Thair steill helmes, and bureall basnetis brycht, Like lucent lantrynis caist ane aureat lycht.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 25 Cause the patient to sit in a verye lucent and lightsome place.

1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes lxxvi, in Wks. I. 789 I meant the day-starre should not brighter rise, Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 589 The Sun's lucent Orbe.

1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 172 Two drams of soda phosphorata and two ounces of water, mixed with herring-light, formed a very lucent fluid.

1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 156 Ledges of porphyry sloping under lucent sand.

1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 48 The roofs and spires..were outlined against a lucent belt of sky.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. i. 30 How much resplendent She! How lucent in all flesh!

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. ii. 3/2 The Volume on Clothes, read and again read, was in several points becoming lucid and lucent.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. vii. 664 Algarotti..a man beautifully lucent in society.

2. Translucent; lucid, clear.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > water > [adjective] > properties or characteristics of water > pure or clear

livingeOE

fairOE

purec1300

cleara1400

skirea1400

crystalc1425

lucent1820

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 98 Lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon.

1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) VIII. lxiv. 126 Remains have been detected, at the bottom of the lucent Nemi, of a wooden ship or raft.

Derivatives

ˈlucently adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > water > [adverb] > of water: in a translucent or clear manner

lucently1826

1826 Examiner 323/2 His sea-waves flow lucently.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	lucent
释义	lucentadj. Brit. /ˈluːsnt/, /ˈljuːsnt/, U.S. /ˈlus(ə)nt/ Forms: Also Middle English lucyant. Etymology: < Latin lūcent-em, present participle of lūcēre to shine. 1. a. Shining, bright, luminous. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > bright shininga900 lighteOE lightlyOE sheenOE torhtOE shirea1000 steepa1000 shimmeringc1000 brightOE strongOE clear1297 fair?a1300 bright-shininga1387 merrya1393 skirea1400 lucident14.. shimc1400 staringc1400 luculentc1420 splendent1474 illuminousc1485 lucentc1500 bloominga1522 sheer1565 prelucent1568 faculent1575 splendant1578 lucid1591 neat1591 shine1596 translucent1596 well-lighted1606 nitid1615 lucible1623 dilucid1653 translucid1657 hard1660 c1500 in H. Gilbert Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) Forewords p. xix Afferik, Sumtyme namyt the land lucyant in the partis of Orient. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 203 Thair steill helmes, and bureall basnetis brycht, Like lucent lantrynis caist ane aureat lycht. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 25 Cause the patient to sit in a verye lucent and lightsome place. 1616 B. Jonson Epigrammes lxxvi, in Wks. I. 789 I meant the day-starre should not brighter rise, Nor lend like influence from his lucent seat. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 589 The Sun's lucent Orbe. View more context for this quotation 1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 172 Two drams of soda phosphorata and two ounces of water, mixed with herring-light, formed a very lucent fluid. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 156 Ledges of porphyry sloping under lucent sand. 1894 D. C. Murray Making of Novelist 48 The roofs and spires..were outlined against a lucent belt of sky. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1639 G. Daniel Ecclus. i. 30 How much resplendent She! How lucent in all flesh! 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. ii. 3/2 The Volume on Clothes, read and again read, was in several points becoming lucid and lucent. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. x. vii. 664 Algarotti..a man beautifully lucent in society. 2. Translucent; lucid, clear. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [adjective] > properties or characteristics of water > pure or clear livingeOE fairOE purec1300 cleara1400 skirea1400 crystalc1425 lucent1820 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 98 Lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon. 1865 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire (new ed.) VIII. lxiv. 126 Remains have been detected, at the bottom of the lucent Nemi, of a wooden ship or raft. Derivatives ˈlucently adv. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [adverb] > of water: in a translucent or clear manner lucently1826 1826 Examiner 323/2 His sea-waves flow lucently. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1500
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