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relucent

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re⋅lu⋅cent

  [ri-loo-suhnt]
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–adjective
shining; bright.
Origin:
1500–10; < L relūcent- (s. of relūcēns), prp. of relūcere. See re-, lucent
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re·lu·cent   (rĭ-lōō'sənt)   
adj.  Reflecting light; shining.

[Latin relūcēns, relūcent-, present participle of relūcēre, to shine back : re-, re- + lūcēre, to shine; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]
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