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[Fr. lucratif, from Lat. lucra tivus, from lucrum =gain; Ital. & Sp. lucratico.] (LUCRE.] 1. Yielding or producing gain; gainful, profitable; bringing in money. "Retrieve his fallen fortunes by means of lucrative posts from which the laws excluded him."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. vi. *2. Greedy of gain. "As the most part of our lucrative lawyers doe use."Latimer: Works, i. 110. lucrative-succe ion, s. Scots Laws : A pa ive title whereby an heir-apparent who accepts gratuitously of a grant from his ancestor of any part, however small, of the estate to which he is to succeed as heir, is thereby subjected to the payment of all the debts of the ancestor contracted prior to the grant. lû-cra-tive-lý, adv. [Eng. lucrative; -ly.] In a lucrative manner; profitably, gainfully. lû-cre (cre as ker), s . [Fr., from Lat. lucrum = gain, profit.] Pecuniary gain or advantage; money. (It is generally used in a bad sense.) *lû-crif-er-ous, a . [Lat. lucrum =gain.and fero to bring, to bear.] Producing gain or profit; profitable, gainful. "To keep this experiment from being as generally use ful, as perhaps it will prove lucriferous ." -Boyle: Works, iii. 148. *lû-crif-Ic, a. [Lat. lucrificus , from lucrum = gain; and facio =to make.] Producing or yielding gain or profit. *lû crous, a. [Lat. lucrosus , from lucrum= gain.] Of or pertaining to gain or profit. "Me (humbler lot!) let blamele bli engage,..•• Free from the muckworm miser's lucrous rage.' Cooper: Tomb of Shakespeare. *luc-tā-tion, s. [Lat. luctatio , from luctatus , pa. par. of luctor =to struggle.) A striving; a struggle, an effort, a contest. *luc-tu-al, a. [Lat. luctus , from lugeo = to grieve.] Producing grief; sad, saddening. lû-cu-brāte, v . i . & t . [Lat. lucubratus , pa. par. of lucubro =to bring in lamps, to work by lamplight; * lucubrum , a dim in. from lux (gen it. lucis )=light.] A. In trans.: To watch; to study by night or by lamplight. "To lounge and lucubrate , to prate and peep." Byron: Curse of Minerva. B. Trans.: To compose or elaborate, as by night study. 1. Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid. "Luculent along 2. Fair. "Most debonaire and luculent lady." Ben Jonson: Every Man out of his Humor , ii. 3. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia IMG:content-0758.png:[blocks in formation] Lu-cu-mō ( pl . Lu-cu-mões, Lu-cu-môn -ēs, s. [Lat., from Etrus. lauch me =one inspired.] Cla . Antiq.: An appellation of the Etruscan princes and priests, corresponding to the Roman patricius of the rank of the Conscript Fathers; hence, noble. The Romans mistook this title of dignity for a proper name, and bestowed it on the son of Demaratus of Corinth, afterward Tarquinius Priscus, King of Rome. "What noble Lucumo comes next, To taste our Roman cheer?" *lū-çỹ, s . [LUCE.] Macaulay: Horatius , xlv. †Lud-dişm, s. [LUDDITES.] The views and procedure of the Luddites. Lud-dīte, a . & 8. [According to Mi Martin eau, from the name of Ned Lud, who, being tormented by boys, chased some of them into a house, and there broke some stocking-frames. This was thirty years before the Luddite commotions. The Luddites called their mythical leader General or Captain Ludd, reviving the name of the imbecile. A. As adj.: Pertaining to or characteristic of the Luddites. [Β.] B. As substantive : Hist . ( pl .): Aband of operatives who broke out in a riot at Nottingham on Nov. 10, 1811, with the object of destroying some improved machinery for stocking-weaving. They extended their operations to Derby and Leicester, everywhere destroying stocking-frames. On July 24, 1812, Parliament granted additional powers for dealing with them. The militia were called out. Fourteen of the leaders were executed at York in 1813. The Luddites rose again in 1814 and 1816, and more of them were executed at Derby in 1817. *lû-dib-ri-oŭs, adj . [Lat. lud i brios us , from lu dibrium = mockery, derision, from lud us = game, sport.] Ridiculous, laughable, sportive, wanton. *lû-di-bund-ne , s. [Lat. lud i bundus sportive, playful; lud us game, sport; ludo =to play.] Sportivene , playfulne . "That ludibundne of nature in her gamaceous and like sportful and ludicrous productions."-H. More: Mystery of Iniquity , bk. i., ch. xv., § 14. lû'-di-crous, a . [Lat. ludicrus , from lud us = play; ludo to play; Ital. ludicro .] Ridiculous, laughable, comical; exciting or tending to excite laughter without scorn or contempt. "Nor did the world find anything ludicrous in the pomp."- Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. iii. lu-di-croŭs-ly, adv. [Eng. ludicrous; -ly.] In a ludicrous manner or degree; ridiculously, comically, laughably. "That sum might seem ludicrously small." --Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. xiii. lû-di-croŭs-ne , s . [Eng. ludicrous ; -ne .] The quality or state of being ludicrous; ridiculous ne . "The ludicrousne and fugitivene of our wanton reason."- H . More: Antidote against Idolatry , ch. i.