Dictionary

luciferous en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. illuminating; providing light.
2. (figuratively) Illuminating; 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:

Deriveds

luciferousness · luciferously

Relateds

Lucifer

Translations (2)

fr lucifère (figuratively illuminating) · fr lucifère (literally illuminating)