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Lustre
//ˈlʌstə// noun, verb
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Noun
- 1 British standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.). countable, uncountable
"Various kinds of minerals differ in their lustre; iron pyrites are described as having a metallic lustre, glassy materials a vitreous lustre; others, such as opal, look resinous, and the lustres of yet others are described as being either pearly, or silky, or dull, like earth."
- 2 Alternative form of luster: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts. UK, alt-of, alternative
- 3 Alternative form of luster: a den, a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals. UK, alt-of, alternative, obsolete
- 4 a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain wordnet
- 5 the visual property of something that shines with reflected light wordnet
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- 6 a quality that outshines the usual wordnet
Verb
- 1 Alternative form of luster. UK, alt-of, alternative
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1).
Etymology 2
From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1).
Etymology 3
From Middle English lustre, from Latin lustrum, from Old Latin *loustrom, of uncertain origin. More at lustrum.
Etymology 4
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”).
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