lustre
nounEtymology
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”).
- derived from *loustrom✻
- derived from lustrum
- inherited from lustre
Definitions
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.
Alternative form of luster.
Alternative form of luster
Alternative form of luster: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.
The neighborhood
- antonymdullness
- antonymlacklustre
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.
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.
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