lustrious
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From lustre + -ious, modelled after illustrious.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlʌs.tɹi.əs/, /ˈləs-/
- Hyphenation: lus‧tri‧ous
Adjective[edit]
lustrious (comparative more lustrious, superlative most lustrious)
- (obsolete, rare) Amazing, fantastic; splendid.
- 1892, Walt Whitman, “Proud Music of the Storm”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], →OCLC, stanza 3, page 313:
- (The teeming lady comes, / The lustrious orb, Venus contralto, the blooming mother. / Sister of loftiest gods, Alboni's self I hear.)
- (obsolete, rare) Dazzling, sparkling; beautiful.
- Synonyms: glowing, lustrous, radiant, shimmering
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “lustrious, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1903.
