luminous

Adjective
US[loo-muh-nuhs]/ˈlumənəs/3 syllables
Synonyms: aglowlambentlucent

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. softly bright or radiant“a house aglow with lights”“glowing embers”“lambent tongues of flame”“the lucent moon”“a sky luminous with stars”Synonyms: aglowlambentlucentOpposite dullSimilar bright

Related words light noun, luminousness noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Lu′mi·nous adjective

Origin: L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See Luminary, Illuminate.

1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.

Fire burneth wood, making it... luminous.— Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
The mountains lift... their lofty and luminous heads.— Henry W. Longfellow

2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous.

Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness.— Henry W. Longfellow

3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. “ Luminous eloquence.” Thomas Babington Macaulay “ A luminous statement.” Lord Henry Brougham

Luminous paint, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time.

Synonyms: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous.

— Lu′wb-a1′>′mi·nous·ly, adverb — Lu′wb-a1′>′mi·nous·ness, noun

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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