lucific
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin lucificus, from lux, lucis (“light”) + facere (“to make”).
Adjective
editlucific (comparative more lucific, superlative most lucific)
- Producing light.
- 1772, Benjamin Martin, The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy:
- Sensations of Vision are occasioned by these lucific Pulses of the subtle Medium
References
edit- “lucific”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.