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Definitions
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old English, morning star, Lucifer, from Latin Lūcifer, from lūcifer, light-bringer : lūx, lūc-, light; see leuk- in Indo-European roots + -fer, -fer.
Examples
“We want some bread and meat, and our pipes, and a little bag or two, and two or three kite-strings, and some of these new-fangled things they call lucifer matches.”
“Red paint had been splashed on them in the forms, respectively, of a giant letter s followed by the word murder, a five-pointed star labelled lucifer and a sprawling, badly-executed swastika.”
The Murder of Busy Lizzie
“Little doubt that in his heart he wished the lucifer were a dagger and that he had the courage to use it.”
“Did you know that the Dutch word for matchstick is "lucifer"?”
“The boys involved off are hauled off to the magistrate by the local village policeman, who, comically, had imagined that a blazer, the top garment worn by schoolboys of that era (and mine) was a kind of lucifer, which in turn was a kind of match used before the invention of the safety-match.”
“Here's some news for you … the word "lucifer" is not a name but a title derived from the latin word for "lightbringer.”
“..haha, I meant to say that the Dutch use the word "lucifer" for matchstick, not that it's a Dutch word.”
“Especially if said wings come with traits such as "fallen aka special" and "perfect aka god's little helper" As an eighteen year old girl, if i ever met an angel I think I'd tell him to fly back to wherever he came from cause I like the boys who side with lucifer every now and again. "aka bad boys”
“Ave, cuius nativitas [Hail, whose birth] nostra fuit solemnitas, [brought us joy] ut lucifer lux oriens [as light-bearing morning star] verum solem praeveniens. [went before the true sun]”
“Are they calling Liz or dick lucifer? just click here and things will start to get be”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lucifer’.
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Flights of Feline Fancy
A list of fictional cats. Also see reesetee's list: Flights of Fancy
If the creature isn't well known, please add a brief description on the Comments page.simba, kimba, Tom, sylvester, puss in boots, grizabella, magical mr mistof..., mcavity, garfield, milo, pink panther, tigger and 122 more...
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New Word Order
goal is governmen..., gravedigger, tragedy, hope, state department, united nations, disarmament, new world order, slavery, eugenics, unesco, illuminati and 53 more...
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Boys I wouldn't go out with
As requested by bilby - http://wordie.org/lists/11872
clem, george, osama, adolph, dick, chewbacca, little willy, satan, santa claus, myself, chuck, lucifer and 48 more...
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macabre
words associated with the macabre & horror.
ghastly, grisly, culeus, silly, gruesome, horrid, morbid, angelic, shocking, hideous, ghoulish, frightful and 85 more...
PossibleUnderscore Also used as the name of Cinderella's cat. Jan 30, 2010
sionnach Jeez, ptero, what could be more charming than calling your daughter a name "bearer of light". next thing you know, you'll be inveighing against people who call their daughters Jezebel. Or Moon Unit. Or Fifi Trixibelle. Sep 21, 2009
pterodactyl This story falls into the category of Horrifying But True: today at work I heard a customer call her young daughter "Lucifer". I remember it with dreadful clarity. It wasn't Lucy. It wasn't Jennifer. It was Lucifer.
I searched the customer's face for any sign that it might be a joke, or a slip of the tongue, but no -- she was totally deadpan, and the daughter didn't seem at all surprised. I'm forced to conclude, against my will, that the girl's name was actually "Lucifer".
Sheesh. That poor girl! Sep 21, 2009
bilby In Stralya, Lucifer is a brand of firelighters, methinks. Jul 23, 2009
chained_bear Lucifers are a certain kind of matches, not just regular ones. Now that you mention it, I've also heard them called barnburners. Jul 23, 2009
yarb I've heard older people referring to matches in general as lucifers. It is a lovely word. Jul 23, 2009
Prolagus Just as phosphorus, if you prefer ancient Greek. Jun 18, 2008
kewpid “light giver�? Jan 11, 2008
chained_bear with a lower-case L, a common noun originally "lucifer match: A friction match made usually of a splint of wood tipped with an inflammable substance ignitable on a roughened or otherwise prepared surface." (OED)
Usage: 1849 MRS. CARLYLE, Lett. II. 42 "When we had put a lucifer to some sticks in the grate..." Feb 13, 2007