Light-bearing
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Bearing or serving as a medium for light; (by extension) luminous; bright not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From light + bearing. Compare Old English lēohtbǣre (“luminous, bright, splendid”, literally “light-bearing”).
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