luciferous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

Adjective

luciferous

1. illuminating; providing light.
2. (figurative) Illuminating; offering insight.
   • 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXIV:

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

Related terms

• Lucifer

Translations

literally illuminating

• French: lucifère (fr) m or f

figuratively illuminating

• French: lucifère (fr) m or f