lustrious

adj

lustrious

adj

UK /ˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/ · US /ˈlʌs.tɹi.əs/

Etymology From lustre + -ious, modelled after illustrious.

1

Obsolete, Rare Dazzling, sparkling; beautiful.

(The teeming lady comes, / The lustrious orb, Venus contralto, the blooming mother. / Sister of loftiest gods, Alboni's self I hear.)1892, Walt Whitman, “Proud Music of the Storm”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], →OCLC, stanza 3, page 313:

Derived terms: lustriously, lustriousness

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