lucent

adjective /ˈl(j)uːsnt/

1. Emitting light; shining, luminous.

   Sherif Nasir led us: his lucent goodness, which provoked answering devotion even from the depraved, made him the only leader (and a benediction) for forlorn hopes.

2. Translucent; clear, lucid.

   […] her dilated eyes fixed with a horror-stricken fascination upon the pygmy burial-ground, in that broad, lucent expanse of the yellow moonlight which was still streaming through the illuminated gorge of the mountains into an otherwise dusky world.

Where it comes from

From Latin lūcentem, the present participle of lūcēre (“to shine”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry lucent (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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