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Coined by the musician and inventor Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), presumably from Latin lumen (“light”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A certain pear-shaped citrus fruit. Full definition →
Coined by the musician and inventor Thomas Wilfred (1889-1968), presumably from Latin lumen (“light”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.