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luculent

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lu⋅cu⋅lent

  [loo-kyoo-luhnt]
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–adjective
1. clear or lucid: a luculent explanation.
2. convincing; cogent.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L lūculentus bright, equiv. to lūc- (s. of lūx) light + -ulentus -ulent

Related forms:
lu⋅cu⋅lent⋅ly, adverb
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lu·cu·lent   (lōō'kyŏŏ-lənt)   
adj.  Easily understood; clear or lucid.

[Middle English, shiny, from Latin lūculentus, from lūx, lūc-, light; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]
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