luculent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
    crystal clear; lucid; limpid; perspicuous; pellucid.
    • writes in a limpid style
    • lucid directions
    • a luculent oration"- Robert Burton
    • pellucid prose
    • a crystal clear explanation
    • a perspicuous argument

WordNet

Lu"cu*lent adjective
Etymology
L. luculentus, from lux, lucis, light.
Definitions
  1. Lucid; clear; transparent. Thomson.
  2. Clear; evident; luminous. " Most luculent testimonies." Hooker.
  3. Bright; shining in beauty. Obs.
    Most debonair and luculent lady. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913