Meaning of LUSTROUS
| Pronunciation: | | 'lustrus
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- [adj] reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel"
- [adj] brilliant; "set a lustrous example for others to follow"; "lustrous actors of the time"
- [adj] made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents"
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| | Synonyms: | | bright, burnished, glistening, glorious, glossy, polished, sheeny, shining, shiny |
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| | Definition: | | \Lus"trous\, a. [Cf. F. lustreux. See 3d {Luster}.]
Bright; shining; luminous. `` Good sparks and lustrous.''
--Shak. -- {Lus"trous*ly}, adv.
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| | Related Terms: | | aglow, beaming, beamy, blushing, bright, bright and sunny, brilliant, burning, burnished, candescent, charismatic, effulgent, flushing, fulgent, glace, glamorous, glassy, gleaming, gleamy, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glorious, glossy, glowing, illuminant, illustrious, incandescent, irradiative, lambent, lamping, light as day, lucent, luciferous, lucific, luciform, luminant, luminative, luminiferous, luminificent, luminous, magic, numinous, orient, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, rutilant, rutilous, sheeny, shined, shining, shiny, sparkling, splendent, splendid, splendorous, splendrous, starbright, starlike, starry, streaming, suffused, sunny, sunshiny |
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