Lexic.us

Definition of Lustrous

1. Adjective. Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow. "Shiny black patents"

2. Adjective. Brilliant. "Lustrous actors of the time"

3. Adjective. Reflecting light. "Shining white enamel"

Definition of Lustrous

1. a. Bright; shining; luminous.

Definition of Lustrous

1. Adjective. Having a glow. ¹

2. Adjective. As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lustrous

1. reflecting light evenly and efficiently [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lustrous

lustration lustrations lustre lustred lustreless lustrelessly lustrelessness lustres lustreware lustrical

lustrine lustrines lustring lustrings lustrious lustrous (current term) lustrously lustrousness lustrousnesses lustrum

lustrums lusts lustwort lusty lusus lusus naturae lusus naturæ lususes lutanist lutanists

Literary usage of Lustrous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Time Notes of Pennsylvania: A Connected and Chronological Record of the by Alexander Kelly McClure (1905)
"PENNSYLVANIA'S lustrous RECORD. The Declaration of Independence Proclaimed in ... PENNSYLVANIA furnished the most lustrous chapters in the annals of the ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"... compare this empty picture, for example, with the lustrous splendour of his delusive but still magnificent portrait of Mary Queen of Scots in The Abbot. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1904)
"Magnetite •can be detected in large flat plates and smaller grains, dark and lustrous. Separated with a knife-blade, small portions can be picked up readily ..."

4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"union of both is produced a lustrous and beautiful material which has been largely employed in the adornment of public buildings and palaces. ..."

5. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"moment's hesitation, the little fellow fixed his expressive, lustrous eyes upon me and replied, ... lustrous ..."

6. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"Batan Island. Military Reservation, coal seam No. 5__ 2.50 lustrous. ... lustrous. These lusters of these coals were nearly all determined 2 at the same ..."

7. John L. Stoddard's Lectures by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"moment's hesitation, the little fellow fixed his expressive, lustrous eyes upon me and replied, " Uno scultore, signore." Close by the Loggia is a narrow ..."

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