the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Giving light; affording light or means of discovery.
In entomology, having phosphorescent organs: applied to insects which emit light, as the glow-worm.
[capitalized] Of or pertaining to Lucifer or Satan; Luciferian; Satanic.
Word Usage
"Lord Cromer was never tired of quoting what, in Bacon's phrase, he would call "luciferous" stories, to illustrate the folly of the administrator who thrusts physical improvements or the devices of"