Lustrous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lustrous \Lus"trous\, a. [Cf. F. lustreux. See 3d {Luster}.]
     Bright; shining; luminous. " Good sparks and lustrous."
     --Shak. -- {Lus"trous*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  lustrous
       adj 1: 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" [syn: {bright}, {burnished},
               {shining}, {shiny}]
       2: brilliant; "set a lustrous example for others to follow";
          "lustrous actors of the time"
       3: 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" [syn: {glistening}, {glossy}, {sheeny},
           {shiny}, {shining}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  66 Moby Thesaurus words for "lustrous":
     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