Friday word: Lucida

[med_cat]

Lucida (n.), the brightest star in the constellation.

Etymology:
via the Latin adjective lucidus, meaning "shining"—from the Latin verb lucēre, meaning "to shine."

Comments

[e-d-young.livejournal.com]

I love this word! Never heard it before, and absolutely love it.

[med_cat]

My pleasure! It was the word of the day on one of those word-of-the-day lists, a while back, and I saved it for later posting :)

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

That's a lovely word, and could be powerful as a metaphor too :)

[med_cat]

You are right re: metaphorical use :) Pleased you liked the word.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

I should use that more, and not just naming the font called that.

[med_cat]

:)