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luculent

luculent adjective: shining, brilliant.

Adjective

luculent (comparative more luculent, superlative most luculent)

  1. (archaic) Shining, brilliant.
  2. (obsolete) Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly clear.
    • Cleombrotus Ambraciotes persuaded I know not how many hundreds of his auditors, by a luculent oration he made of the miseries of this, and happiness of that other life, to precipitate themselves […]., I.iv.1

luculent meaning in Urdu

luculent in Urdu

چمکیلا, شفاف

Forms of luculent

comparativemore luculent
superlativemost luculent

Origin of luculent

From Latin lūculentus, from lūx (“light”).

Words formed from luculent

Questions about luculent

What does luculent mean?
Luculent means shining, brilliant.
What is luculent in Urdu?
Luculent in Urdu is چمکیلا, شفاف. See Luculent meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is luculent?
Luculent is an adjective.

Words near luculent in the dictionary

  1. lucubrations
  2. lucubrator
  3. lucubrators
  4. lucubratory
  5. lucule
  6. luculent
  7. luculently
  8. lucules
  9. Lucullan
  10. Lucullean
  11. Lucullian

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