Meanings
comparative more luciform · superlative most luciform
- Having, in some respects, the nature of light; resembling light.
This tunicle of the soul, whether it be called pure ether, or luciform vehicle, or animal spirit, seemeth to be that which moves and acts upon the gross
1744, George Berkeley, Siris, a chain of philosophical reflections and inquiries, concerning the virtues of tar-water
Origin
- Latinlux
- Englishluciform
From Latin lux, lucis (“light”) + -form.
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