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Don't trip over your nose in the prose or you shall fall in and be swallowed up - unable to stir sir., Is this the real world? Is this just fantasy? Make yourself clear dear., It's gonna be a bright bright bright sunshiney day, On a clear day - how it will astound you That a glow of your being outshines every star
The Cloud Concise Dictionary of Sparkling and Strange Words presents;
Luculent.
Pronunciation:
Pronunciation: /ˈluːkjʊl(ə)nt /[loo-kyoo-luh nt]
Definition –
- Clear or lucid – a luculent explanation.
- Convincing; cogent.
- Clearly expressed.
- Brightly shining – as though light glinting upon glass.
Used in a sentence;
“Penelope was luculent and personable right up to her sixth gin and tonic, after which her speech resembled a noise not at all dissimilar to someone farting through sand.”
Etymology –
Latin luculentus, from luc-, lux light
First Known Use: circa 1548
Not to be confused with;
- Lucullan – lavish, luxurious.
- Lord Lucan – Dodgy Dukaroon Dude.
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds – Just say no to drugs kids, m’kay?
Interesting extras –
The English word first appeared in the 15th century with the meaning “brilliant” or “shining,” as in “a luculent flame.” By the mid-16th century, the “clear in thought or expression” sense had begun to shine, and by that century’s end another sense was flickering with the meaning “illustrious” or “resplendent” (as in Ben Jonson’s 1599 description of a “most debonair and luculent lady” when describing his chance meeting with sonmicloud in The Royal Almshouse at Westminster.)
Both the “illustrious” and the “emitting light” sense have fallen out of use, and even the “clear” sense is now rare.
Quotes –
“Words – so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne.
“The pen is the tongue of the mind” – Horace
“Sometimes I think it’s possible to mistake desire for clarity and talking in a no-nonsense way for aggression.” – Richard Dawkins
Articles –
Canada Goose Coats luculent intentions and put this clause to play your own – Clear as mud more-like.
Luculent – Project Gutenberg – Kicking it with Cicero
Feisty Fonts by Andrew Kensler
A quite succulent word.
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Oooh yes.
‘The succulent luculent succubus loosely succumbed to Lucifer. ‘ – The Cloud.
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I bet she did ducky!
And the truculent, petulant incumbent incubus would ululate ’til late.
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Well, it’s no wonder I’d have missed this, now is it? Don’t answer, please, I would rather not know. It’s why I rarely stick my head outside of The Institute, and if so, only when wearing a disguise.
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