luculent

Jan. 6th, 2010 07:20 am
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luculent - adj., clear in thought or expression, lucid, cogent.


Oh, for a bright bit of luculent prose in memos from executives ... for it does indeed come from Latin lux, light, by way of lūculentus, bright, imported into English by around 1400. Pronounced LOO-kyoo-lent.

---L.

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