Definitions for lucida

lucida lu·ci·da

Spelling: [loo-si-duh]
IPA: /ˈlu sɪ də/

Lucida is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in lucida (acdilu).

Definitions for lucida

noun

  1. the brightest star in a constellation.

Origin of lucida

1720-30; New Latin, special use of Latin lūcida (stella) bright (star), feminine of lūcidus lucid

Examples for lucida

One of the ancient constellations, of which the lucida is Ras-al-ague, one of the selected nautical objects at Greenwich.

His "glittering shafts" are of course the sunbeams, the "lucida tela diei" of Lucretius.

Mistress lucida, you did once love me; if you do still, no more words, but give me your hand.

The lucida, or chief star, in the ancient constellation Pegasus.

The lucida of Orion, α Orionis, and a standard Greenwich star of the first magnitude.

The stars γ and β are pointer stars to a fifth-magnitude star the lucida of the asterism Lacerta, the lizard about 15° from β.

One of the ancient constellations, of which the lucida is the well-known nautical star Betelgeuze.

One of the ancient northern constellations, of which the lucida is Markab.

The lucida of Taurus, the well-known nautical star, popularly called Bull's-eye.

Ne'er look upon me, Mistress lucida; time was, time is, and time's pass'd.

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