lucific

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

lucific (comparative more lucific, superlative most lucific)

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.

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