| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| luculent |
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| SYLLABICATION: | lu·cu·lent |
| PRONUNCIATION: | l ky -l nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Easily understood; clear or lucid. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, shiny, from Latin l culentus, from l x, l c-, light. See leuk- in Appendix I.
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