Meanings
adjectivelustrious (comparative more lustrious, superlative most lustrious)
comparative more lustrious · superlative most lustrious
- obsoleterareDazzling, 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 313Synonyms: glowing, lustrous, radiant, shimmering
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDazzling, sparkling; beautiful.
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Origin
From lustre + -ious, modelled after illustrious.
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