"luciferous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lucifer (“light-bearing”) (from lux, lucis (“light”)) + the suffix -ous. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|lucifer||light-bearing}} Latin lucifer (“light-bearing”) Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} luciferous
  1. illuminating; providing light.
    Sense id: en-luciferous-en-adj-bG3nilYe
  2. (figurative) Illuminating; offering insight. Tags: figuratively Translations (figuratively illuminating): lucifère [feminine, masculine] (French) Translations (literally illuminating): lucifère [feminine, masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-luciferous-en-adj-R18AcP4a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'figuratively illuminating': 43 57 Disambiguation of 'literally illuminating': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Lucifer
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