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Definition of lucent in English: lucentadjective ˈluːs(ə)ntˈlus(ə)nt literary Glowing with or giving off light. the moon was lucent in the background Example sentencesExamples - As a child, I would look out into the street and see other kids playing hackeysack, but I would also see the lucent outline of carriages streaming through their bodies like a breeze.
- Feeling energetic still, I jogged down to Alta lake just as a lucent sun lay half hidden behind a three-thousand foot mountain.
- Made of oak slats, it protects the offices' privacy, while throwing a changing pattern of lucent gold coloured stripes across the interior.
- One of these was such a soft lucent pinky white as to appear almost transparent.
- A glistening black stuffed crow is perched on the volume's edge, its splayed wings and claws eerily delineated against the lucent white pages.
Synonyms shining, light, brilliant, vivid, blazing, dazzling, beaming, intense, glaring
Derivatives noun literary In form, proportion and lucency, the winter garden is a really pleasing space.
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin lucent- 'shining', from the verb lucere (see lucid). Definition of lucent in US English: lucentadjectiveˈlus(ə)ntˈlo͞os(ə)nt literary Glowing with or giving off light. the moon was lucent in the background Example sentencesExamples - As a child, I would look out into the street and see other kids playing hackeysack, but I would also see the lucent outline of carriages streaming through their bodies like a breeze.
- Made of oak slats, it protects the offices' privacy, while throwing a changing pattern of lucent gold coloured stripes across the interior.
- A glistening black stuffed crow is perched on the volume's edge, its splayed wings and claws eerily delineated against the lucent white pages.
- One of these was such a soft lucent pinky white as to appear almost transparent.
- Feeling energetic still, I jogged down to Alta lake just as a lucent sun lay half hidden behind a three-thousand foot mountain.
Synonyms shining, light, brilliant, vivid, blazing, dazzling, beaming, intense, glaring
Origin Late Middle English: from Latin lucent- ‘shining’, from the verb lucere (see lucid). |