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Synonyms for lucent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : loo-suh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlu sənt

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Définition of lucent

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "shining, bright, luminous," from Latin lucentem (nominative lucens), present participle of lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)). Meaning "lucid, clear" is from 1820. Related: Lucently.
  • adj bright
Example sentences :
  • Moeran slowly turned his lucent, amber eyes upon me as he answered.
  • Extract from : « Uncanny Tales » by Various
  • She clasped her hands, and her eyes were lucent with mistiness.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old San Francisco » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • Far to the right was a chott (or salt lake) and of lucent silver.
  • Extract from : « William Sharp (Fiona Macleod) » by Elizabeth A. Sharp
  • Her eyes, yellow as the flower, lucent as water-jewels, held his.
  • Extract from : « Sjambak » by John Holbrook Vance
  • The dusk, lucent beauty of her eyes especially appealed to him.
  • Extract from : « The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel » by Marvin Dana
  • It is as sweet and lucent and gracious as a fresco of Raphael's.
  • Extract from : « Musical Portraits » by Paul Rosenfeld
  • The sky was lucent as a crystal, and the purple would not die out of the west until nearly midnight.
  • Extract from : « Evelyn Innes » by George Moore
  • The girl's limpid, steadfast eyes fascinated her, and she gazed into their lucent depths longer than she was perhaps aware.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of a Widow » by Edgar Fawcett
  • She was selfishly engrossed in her book, and sat in her room all day, with hair pinned tightly back and wild and lucent eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Devourers » by Annie Vivanti Chartres
  • In the lucent, cool, green shadow of a thick clump of moose maples he felt rather than discerned a certain warmth of tone.
  • Extract from : « The Silent Places » by Steward Edward White
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