luculent
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Adjective (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”Synonyms: limpidlucidpellucidcrystal clearperspicuousOpposite unclearSimilar clear
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Lu′cu·lent adjective
Origin: L. luculentus, from lux, lucis, light.
1. Lucid; clear; transparent. James Thomson
2. Clear; evident; luminous. “ Most luculent testimonies.” Richard Hooker
3. Bright; shining in beauty. obsolete
Most debonair and luculent lady.— Ben Jonson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54