luculent

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von luculent im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly clear

Cleombrotus Ambraciotes persuaded I know not how many hundreds of his auditors, by a 'luculent oration he made of the miseries of this, and happiness of that other life, to precipitate themselves .

Shining, brilliant

{a} clear, bright, certain, evident, plain

Producing, or resulting in, good by

Good fortune; favorable issue or event

{s} clear, lucid, easy to understand; transparent

Favored by luck; fortunate; meeting with good success or good fortune; said of persons; as, a lucky adventurer

Clear; evident; luminous

Bright; shining in beauty

In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately; used in a good sense; as, they luckily escaped injury

Transparently clear; easily understandable, as "a luculent oration"

Lucid; clear; transparent

The state or quality of being lucky; as, the luckiness of a man or of an event

(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"

Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid

Silbentrennung

lu·cu·lent

Etymologie

[ 'lü-ky&-l&nt ] (adjective.) circa 1548. From Latin lūculentus, from lūx (“light”).