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Luster
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- 1 A surname from German.
- 1 The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc. US, countable, uncountable
"metallic luster"
- 2 Alternative form of lustrum: A five-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts. US, alt-of, alternative
"...thritty yere of vj. lustres..."
- 3 One who lusts, one inflamed with lust. US, archaic
"Eumenides But did neuer any Louers come hether?"
- 4 Synonym of den: a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals. US, obsolete
"...But, turning to his luster, Calues and Dam, He shewes abhorr'd death, in his angers flame..."
- 5 a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain wordnet
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- 6 The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.; The way in which the surface of any particular type of mineral reflects light differently from other minerals, which is helpful in telling minerals apart. US, countable, uncountable
"By the luster or glance of a mineral is meant the quantity and quality of light reflected by it, as determined by the character or minute structure of its surface. […] The two principal kinds of luster are the metallic and non-metallic. […] The adamantine luster is intermediate between the metallic and non-metallic lusters. […] The vitreous is the luster of glass, and of all minerals similar to glass in appearance, such as quartz, calcite, etc. The resinous luster is seen in resins, of which the native mineral copalite is an example; it is also well exhibited in sulphur and sphalerite. The pearly luster, i.e., the luster of pearl, is well shown only in minerals having a foliated or scaly structure, in other words, very perfect cleavage in one direction, such as talc, mica, and gypsum. The silky or satiny luster, like the pearly, is determined by the structure, being observed only in finely fibrous minerals. […] The greasy and waxy lusters are most common in certain amorphous minerals, such as serpentine."
- 7 the visual property of something that shines with reflected light wordnet
- 8 Shining light from within, luminosity, brightness, shine. US, countable, figuratively, uncountable
"the sun’s luster"
- 9 a quality that outshines the usual wordnet
- 10 Shining beauty, splendor, attractiveness or attraction. US, countable, figuratively, uncountable
"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!"
- 11 Shining fame, renown, glory. US, countable, figuratively, uncountable
"After the scandal, the idol lost his luster and could only get work in Vegas."
- 12 Polish, social refinement. US, countable, figuratively, uncountable
"Sure, the posh git spoke with fine lustre. ’S all a load of bollocks, though, innit?"
- 13 A thing exhibiting luster, particularly; Any shining body or thing. US, countable, literary, uncountable
- 14 A thing exhibiting luster, particularly; A piece of glass added to a light (especially a chandelier) to increase its luster. US, countable, uncountable
"Each mortal has his pleasure: none deny Scarsdale his bottle, Darty his ham-pie; Ridotta sips and dances, till she see The doubling lustres dance as fast as she;"
- 15 A thing exhibiting luster, particularly; An ornamental light providing luster, especially a chandelier. US, countable, uncountable
"The immense room was carpeted, the walls were covered with eighteenth-century panelling, and three electric lustres hung from the ceiling."
- 16 A thing exhibiting luster, particularly; A substance that imparts luster to a surface, such as polish, gloss, plumbago, glaze, etc. US, countable, uncountable
"Gabriel coloured as if he felt he had made a mistake and, without looking at her, kicked off his goloshes and flicked actively with his muffler at his patent-leather shoes. […] When he had flicked lustre into his shoes he stood up and pulled his waistcoat down more tightly on his plump body."
- 17 A thing exhibiting luster, particularly; The layer of an object that imparts luster, chiefly with regard to ceramics. US, countable, uncountable
- 18 A thing exhibiting luster, particularly; Clipping of lusterware: highly lustrous ceramics. US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
"The whole place was covered with fragments of pottery, mostly very rough, and difficult to identify as to date. Two small lustre shards belong to the ninth or tenth century and a green glaze resembles the output of the kilns found by Sir Aurel Stein on the coast of Makran."
- 19 A thing exhibiting luster, particularly; A kind of lustrous fabric with a wool weft and cotton, linen, or silk warp, chiefly used for women's dresses. US, countable, uncountable
"Mrs. McLash was dressed for travelling. She wore a black lustre skirt that just exposed her broken button-boots […]"
- 20 A thing exhibiting luster, particularly; A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown. US, countable, obsolete, uncountable
- 1 To have luster, to gleam, to shine. US, archaic, intransitive
"What bloom, what brightness lusters o’er her cheeks!"
- 2 To gain luster, to become lustrous. US, archaic, intransitive
- 3 To give luster, particularly; To make illustrious or attractive, to distinguish. US, obsolete, transitive
"Our Puritans have from hence learned to colour and lustre their ugly Treasons... with the cloake of Religion."
- 4 To give luster, particularly; To coat with a lustrous material or glaze, to impart physical luster to an object. US, transitive
"Peter and Mania found a pensione whose view was of chestnut woods and a horizon looped by peaks lustred with last winter’s snow, distant in time as well as space."
- 5 To shed light on, to illustrate, to show. US, obsolete, transitive
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- 6 Synonym of lustrate, particularly; Synonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew. US, obsolete, transitive
- 7 Synonym of lustrate, particularly; Synonym of look, to look over, to survey. US, obsolete, transitive
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”).
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”).
From Middle English lustre, from Latin lustrum, from Old Latin *loustrom, of uncertain origin. More at lustrum.
From lust + -er.
From Latin lustra (“wilds, woods”).
Borrowed from German Luster or, possibly, a variant of Lester.
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