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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Luculent \Lu"cu*lent\, a. [L. luculentus, from lux, lucis,
     light.]
     1. Lucid; clear; transparent. --Thomson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Clear; evident; luminous. `` Most luculent testimonies.''
        --Hooker.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Bright; shining in beauty. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Most debonair and luculent lady.      --B. Jonson.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Luculent \Lu"cu*lent\, a. [L. luculentus, from lux, lucis,
     light.]
     1. Lucid; clear; transparent. --Thomson.
  
     2. Clear; evident; luminous. `` Most luculent testimonies.''
        --Hooker.
  
     3. Bright; shining in beauty. [Obs.]
  
              Most debonair and luculent lady.      --B. Jonson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  luculent
       adj : (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable;
             "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a
             luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a
             crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"
             [syn: limpid, lucid, pellucid, crystal clear, perspicuous]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  luculent
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) shining, brilliant.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly
  clear.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  luculent
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) shining, brilliant.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly
  clear.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  luculent
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) shining, brilliant.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly
  clear.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  luculent
     a.
     1 (lb en now rare) shining, brilliant.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly
  clear.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  luculent /lˈʌkjʊlənt/ 
  jasný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  luculent /lˈʌkjʊlənt/
   [rare] klar, eindeutig, verständlich [ling.]
           Note: Text
     Synonyms: clear, lucid
  
           Note: text

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  luculent /lˈʌkjʊlənt/
   [rare] strahlend, heiter, freudig, lichtvoll  [geh.]
     Synonym: bright
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 光亮的,透明的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 光亮的,透明的

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