luciferous

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adjective

illuminating; providing light.

OriginLatin lucifer →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. illuminating; providing light.
  2. figurativelyIlluminating; offering insight.

    [I]t affords a very pleasant object through the Microscope, and may, perhaps, upon further examination, prove very luciferous.

    1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXIV

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
alighteffulgentgloriousluminousorientshimmeryshining

Origin

  1. Latinlucifer“light-bearing”
  2. Englishluciferous

Borrowed from Latin lucifer (“light-bearing”) (from lux, lucis (“light”)) + the suffix -ous.

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Translations

French lucifère, lucifère
  • lucifèreliterally illuminating
  • lucifèrefiguratively illuminating

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with luciferous

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APA

luciferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luciferous

MLA

“luciferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luciferous. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “luciferous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luciferous.

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