luster

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Etymology 1 [edit]

From Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro, from Latin lustrare (to brighten), akin to lux (light)

Noun [edit]

luster (plural lusters)

  1. (US) Shine, polish or sparkle.
    He polished the brass doorknob to a high luster.
  2. By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor.
    After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its luster.
  3. Refinement, polish or quality.
    He spoke with all the lustre a seasoned enthusiast should have.
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luster (third-person singular simple present lusters, present participle lustering, simple past and past participle lustered)

  1. (intransitive) To gleam, have luster
  2. (transitive) To give luster, distinguish
  3. (transitive) To give a coating or other treatment to impart physical luster
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Latin lustrum, from lustrare, cognate with the above

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luster (plural lusters)

  1. A lustrum, quinquennium, a period of five years, originally the interval between Roman censuses
    • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.2.ii:
      Mesue and some other Arabians began to reject and reprehend it; upon whose authority, for many following lusters, it was much debased and quite out of request [...].
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Etymology 3 [edit]

lust +‎ -er

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luster (plural lusters)

  1. One who lusts.

Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From French lustre, see luister.

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luster m (plural lusters, diminutive lustertje)

  1. A chandelier, an ostentatious ceiling light
  2. Alternative form of luister.

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luster

  1. genitive plural of lustro

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From German Luster.

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lùster m (Cyrillic spelling лу̀стер)

  1. chandelier

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