Middle English Dictionary Entry
translūcence n.
Entry Info
| Forms | translūcence n. |
| Etymology | ML translūcentia |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Faintly or indistinctly transmitted light.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)132b/b : It is demed þat catharacta which is of goode colourez..& is reduced to his fourme when it is dilated, And he seeþ som clerenez or translucence [Ch.(2): schynynge; L translucentiam], i. glymeryng, is mene & confermed ynoȝ.