lucent

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Case watched childhood symbols of evil and bad luck tumble out along trans - lucent planes: swastikas, skulls and crossbones dice flashing snake eyes.

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  1. adjective Giving off light; luminous.
  2. adjective Translucent; clear.

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  • Her skin felt different in the morning, like a snake's skin, newly shed, all tender and light-lucent. —  Drums of Autumn
  • There are those who believe that the veil that separates one dimension from the other is so transparent, so lucent, as to be almost invisible. —  Sepulchre
  • Case watched childhood symbols of evil and bad luck tumble out along trans - lucent planes: swastikas, skulls and crossbones dice flashing snake eyes. —  Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth
  • There were pressing details to attend to, such as settling with Trans - lucent, who would not be pleased, but who surely would rec - ognize the effectiveness of Purple's actions. —  Here There Are Monsters
  • "What?" she asked. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
 

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  1. Latin lūcēns, lūcent-, present participle of lūcēre, to shine; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French luisant = Spanish luciente, from Latin lucen(t-)s, present participle of lucere, shine; connected with lux (luc-), light, lumen, a light, luna, the moon, etc.; from √ luc, shine, = Teutonic √ luh, shine, in Anglo-Saxon leóht, etc., light: see further under light. From Latin lucere are also ult. English lucern, lucid, elucidate, translucent, etc.
 

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