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Definition of: lucus a non lucendo
(l
′kəs ā non l·sen′·dō) Latin
Literally, a grove because it is not light: in allusion to an ancient absurd derivation of lucus, grove, from lucere, be light. Hence, something absurdly reasoned out.
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