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▪ I. † iˈlluminous, a.1 Obs. [f. il-1 + luminous: after illumine, etc.] Bright, illuminatory.
c1485Digby Myst. (1882) iii. 623 Þe bemys of grace xal byn Illumynows. 1560Rolland Crt. Venus iii. 180 And sa the richt salbe Illuminous. 1745Eliza Heywood Fem. Spect. (1748) II. 208 It is not from below we are to expect any illuminous emanations. ▪ II. illuminous, a.2 rare.|ɪˈl(j)uːmɪnəs, ɪll-| [f. il-2 + luminous.] Non-luminous, opaque, dark.
1656Blount Glossogr., Illuminous (illuminosus), without light. 1842Sir H. Taylor Edwin the Fair ii. ii, This life..to him Is but a tissue of illuminous dreams. |