This week's theme: what does that company name mean? lucent (LOO-suhnt) adjective
1. Luminous; shining. 2. Translucent; clear. [From Latin lucent, from lucere (to shine). Other words derived from the same root are elucidate, lucid, and translucent.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=lucent -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "Now I am nestling on the sofa, antique crystal glass in one hand, elegant bottle of lucent amber in the other." Victoria Moore; Sweet Surrender; New Statesman (London); Dec 18, 1998. Sponsors' messages: You value your students and we value YOU! For superior online learning, earn a master's from The University of Scranton http://www.uscranton.com/WS "We haven't put this game down since Christmas." "We had a blast!" orijinz the word & phrase game getting rave reviews. $14.95. http://entspire.com ........................................................................... He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. -Horace, poet and satirist (65-8 BCE) Share the magic of words. Send a gift sub: http://wordsmith.org/awad/gift.html Remove, change, or subscribe address: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/lucent.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/lucent.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/lucent.html
