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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

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



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Luculent \Lu"cu*lent\, a. [L. luculentus, from lux, lucis,
   light.]
   1. Lucid; clear; transparent. --Thomson.
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   2. Clear; evident; luminous. " Most luculent testimonies."
      --Hooker.
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   3. Bright; shining in beauty. [Obs.]
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            Most debonair and luculent lady.      --B. Jonson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

luculent
    adj 1: (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, luculent, pellucid, crystal
           clear, perspicuous]