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light-bearing

adj

Etymology

From light + bearing. Compare Old English lēohtbǣre (“luminous, bright, splendid”, literally “light-bearing”).

  1. derived from *beraną✻ — “to bear; carry”
  2. inherited from *berandz✻
  3. inherited from berende — “bearing; fruitful”
  4. inherited from beringe
  5. compounded as light-bearing — “light + bearing”

Definitions

  1. Bearing or serving as a medium for light

    Bearing or serving as a medium for light; (by extension) luminous; bright

    • The high worth of diamonds comes from the same source: a super-hard, eternal substance, at the same time a light-bearing, translucent substance, a kind of solid emptiness, a marvelous optical illusion.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA