lucific

English

Etymology

From Latin lucificus, from lux, lucis (“light”) + facere (“to make”).

Adjective

lucific (comparative more lucific, superlative most lucific)

1. Producing light.
   • 1772, Benjamin Martin, The Young Gentleman and Lady's Philosophy:

     Sensations of Vision are occasioned by these lucific Pulses of the subtle Medium

References

• “lucific”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.