"lucific" meaning in English

See lucific in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more lucific [comparative], most lucific [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin lucificus, from lux, lucis (“light”) + facere (“to make”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|lucificus}} Latin lucificus, {{m|la|lux}} lux, {{m|la|lucis||light}} lucis (“light”), {{m|la|facere||to make}} facere (“to make”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} lucific (comparative more lucific, superlative most lucific)
  1. Producing light.
    Sense id: en-lucific-en-adj-9Nnl2jkD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup

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