lucificadj.
/l(j)uːˈsɪfɪk/ Light-producing.
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lucific1701
light-emitting1702
luminiferous1801
photogenous1806
photogenic1863
photogenetic1896
1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra ii. ii. §14 When they [sc. the rays] are made to Converge,..though their Lucifick Motion be continu'd, yet..that Equal Motion which is the Colorifick, is interrupted.
1800 Hulme in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 173 The degree of illumination in these liquids must depend upon the quantity of lucific matter applied.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 208 The dry light..the lucific vision,..meaning thereby..Reason in contra-distinction from the Understanding.
1876 J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 53 Lucific orbs.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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