circumlucid means bright or light on every side. It carries an Arena rating of 1609, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, circumlucid ranks #1,700 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #3,517 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words, #3,606 of 17,140 for Most Whimsical Words, #4,864 of 17,151 for The Improbable.
Why “circumlucid” is a great word
Bright or shining on all sides. From the Latin prefix circum- ("around") and lucidus ("bright, shining"), from lucēre ("to shine"), first attested in 1662 by Thomas Stanley. Unlike "lucid" (which suggests mental clarity or comprehensible prose) or "translucent" (which describes a material's quality of transmitting light diffusely from beyond), circumlucid describes an object that generates or receives radiance on every surface, leaving no shadowed quarter. It is the perfect geometry of a candle flame in a glass sphere, the haunting, all-around glow of a submerged light in a still pond, or the moon at the precise moment of totality when earthlight returns it to full silver—a condition of complete, encircling brightness that admits no dark, no hidden angle, no secret face turned away from the source.
Etymology
From circum- + lucid.
adj
- Bright or light on every side.
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