lustrous

adj
/ˈlʌ.stɹəs/US

Etymology

From lustre + -ous.

  1. derived from *loustrom
  2. derived from lustrum
  3. inherited from lustre
  4. suffixed as lustrous — “lustre + ous

Definitions

  1. Having a glow or lustre.

    • Why it hath bay windows transparent as barricadoes, and the clearstores toward the south north are as lustrous as ebony; and yet complainest thou of obstruction?
    • There was not a cloud on the sky, save a few light vapours that congregated near the moon; but even they were lustrous with her presence.
  2. As if shining with a brilliant light

    As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lustrous. 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.

01lustrous02shining03polish04chickens05chicken06meat07flesh08tissue09silver

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

9 hops · closes at lustrous

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