lustre

noun
/ˈlʌstə/

Etymology

From Latin lustra (“wilds, woods”), thought to derive from unattested *dustrum, from unattested Ancient Greek *δύστρον (*dústron, “place animals wallow”), from δύω (dúō, “to plunge, to wallow”).

  1. derived from *loustrom
  2. derived from lustrum
  3. inherited from lustre

Definitions

  1. British standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.).

    • In the centre is painted an eagle, from whose beak an elegant glass lustre chandelier is suspended. There are also ten smaller chandeliers in different parts of the room.
    • On the ground floor, the library (a room in carved oak) is lighted by a lustre composed of twelve regenerative burners enclosed in tinted glasses.
  2. Alternative form of luster.

  3. Alternative form of luster

    Alternative form of luster: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lustre. 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 lustre. 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 lustre

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