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luster

noun
/ˈlʌstɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro, from Old Italian lustrare (“brighten”), from Latin lūstrō (“to purify, to brighten”), from Latin lūstrum (“purification ritual”).

  1. derived from lūstrum
  2. derived from lūstrō
  3. derived from lustrare
  4. derived from lustro
  5. derived from lustre

Definitions

  1. The ability or condition of shining with reflected light

    The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.

    • metallic luster
    • pearly luster
    • the diamond’s luster

  2. Shining light from within, luminosity, brightness, shine.

    • the sun’s luster
    • the luster of the minor stars
    • […] abashed the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely, saw, and pined His loss; but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impaired; yet seemed Undaunted. […]

  3. Shining beauty, splendor, attractiveness or attraction.

    • How does the Luſtre of our Father’s Actions, Through the dark Cloud of Ills that cover him, Break out, and burn with more triumphant Brightneſs!
    • After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its luster.
    • When Autumn's yellow lustre gilds the world...
  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. Shining fame, renown, glory.

      • After the scandal, the idol lost his luster and could only get work in Vegas.
      • […] whose ancestors, says Clarendon, had been transported out of Normandy with the Conqueror, "and had continued," says Sir Henry Wotton, "about the space of four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great lustre […]".

    2. Polish, social refinement.

      • Sure, the posh git spoke with fine lustre. ’S all a load of bollocks, though, innit?

    3. A thing exhibiting luster, particularly

    4. To have luster, to gleam, to shine.

      • What bloom, what brightness lusters o’er her cheeks!

    5. To gain luster, to become lustrous.

    6. To give luster, particularly

      • Our Puritans have from hence learned to colour and lustre their ugly Treasons... with the cloake of Religion.

    7. To shed light on, to illustrate, to show.

    8. Synonym of lustrate, particularly

    9. Alternative form of lustrum

      Alternative form of lustrum: A five-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.

      • ...thritty yere of vj. lustres...
      • 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 […].

    10. One who lusts, one inflamed with lust.

      • Eumenides But did neuer any Louers come hether?
      • ...a luster after power...
      • 1867–1872, Ante-Nicene Christian Library, Testimonies against the Jews Neither fornicators, nor those who serve idols, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor the lusters after mankind […] shall obtain the kingdom of God.

    11. Synonym of den

      Synonym of den: a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals.

      • ...But, turning to his luster, Calues and Dam, He shewes abhorr'd death, in his angers flame...

    12. A surname from German.

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Derived

deluster, lackluster, luster bowl, luster china, luster fabric, luster fleece, lusterful, luster goods, luster jug, lusterless, lustermaker, lusterment, luster mottling, luster mug, luster process, luster teapot, luster tile, luster trade, lusterware, luster wool, lustery, lustrify, lustrious, lustriously, lustriousness, lustrous, lustered, lustering

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at luster. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at luster. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at luster

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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