luculent

luculent
luculently, adv.
/looh"kyoo leuhnt/, adj.
1. clear or lucid: a luculent explanation.
2. convincing; cogent.
[1375-1425; late ME < L luculentus bright, equiv. to luc- (s. of lux) light + -ulentus -ULENT]

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