What does luculent mean?
Luculent means (now rare) Shining, brilliant..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(now rare) Shining, brilliant..
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 […].
Use luculent when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Luculent means (now rare) Shining, brilliant..
Common synonyms include pellucid, clear, limpid, perspicuous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 […].
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