I’m not entirely sure where this book is going

[conuly]

but I am certain that the lieutenant’s eyes are not lambent.

Somebody needs to remove that word from the word a day calendars, I swear. Replace it with uxoricide or inchoate.

Comments

[radiantfracture]

were they on fire though

[ethelmay]

Do you really want your lieutenants to have inchoate eyes?

[dine]

but possibly the lieutenant is from an alien race whose eyes glow in the dark?

[conuly]

No, definitely human.

[dine]

well darn. that might have been entertaining - and they'd have been useful in a blackout

[armiphlage]

Infested by a demon?

[shadowkat]

Without reading the full passage, my guess is that they are probably trying for the second, lesser known, figurative definition?

1. Literal Light: Flickering lightly over a surface (like the dancing flames of a campfire) or shining with a soft, gentle radiance (like a starry night sky or a candle in a dark room).

2. Figurative Expression: Marked by intellectual brilliance or lightness, particularly humor and speech that is clever but never cruel.