Literary notes about luculent (AI summary)
In literature, luculent serves to underscore clarity and precision in communication. In one instance, the term enriches a confession by suggesting that the admission is not only sincere but also striking in its clarity and forcefulness [1]. In another passage, it lends a graceful quality to dialogue, portraying a lady whose refined manner is marked by an unmistakable lucidity of expression [2]. Additionally, the word is used to denote the clear and memorable nature of recollections, as a character considers certain documents particularly lucid in their portrayal of events [3].
- After that he made a short, serious, as well as sincere and luculent confession.
— from Letters of John Calvin, Volume I Compiled from the Original Manuscripts and Edited with Historical Notes by Jean Calvin - Most debonair, and luculent lady, I decline me as low as the basis of your altitude.
— from Every Man out of His Humour by Ben Jonson - The other is among the Robinson Papers: doubtless very luculent to Robinson, who is now home in England, but remembers many a thing.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 by Thomas Carlyle
