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illustrious, a.|ɪˈlʌstrɪəs|
(Also 7 illustrous, Sc. -uows.)
[f. L. illustri-s + -ous.]
†1. Lighted up, having lustre or brilliancy; luminous, shining, bright, lustrous. Obs.
c1605Rowley Birth Merl. iv. v, From the igniferous body Seven splendent or illustrious rays are spread. 1668Culpepper & Cole Barthol. Anat. ii. vi. 100 Light, the companion of the Spirits, by which the blood receives a more Illustrious color. 1713Derham Phys.-Theol. v. ix. 350 A Diamond..he observed to be more illustrious at some times than others. 1886Dowden Shelley I. xi. 476 He and Peacock..made the darkness illustrious with fireworks.
†2. Clearly manifest, evident, or obvious. Obs.
1654Fuller Two Serm. 21 The Foundations [of Religion] may be destroyed as to all outward visible illustrious apparition. 1762Kames Elem. Crit. (1788) II. 495 The final cause of uniformity is illustrious. 1792T. Taylor Proclus I. Dissert. 62 They demand our assent..from the illustrious certainty they possess.
3. Possessing lustre by reason of high birth or rank, noble or lofty action or qualities; distinguished, eminent; renowned, famous.
a. Of persons.
(Sometimes used as a title of courtesy in addressing or speaking of persons of high rank. Cf. illustrissimo.)
1588Shakes. L.L.L. i. i. 178 Armado is a most illustrious wight, A man of fire, new words, fashions owne Knight. 1605― Lear v. iii. 135 Conspirant 'gainst this high illustrious Prince. c1614Sir W. Mure Dido & æneas i. 733 And O! I wish ȝour brave, illustruows prince..Were heir. 1692Dryden St. Euremont's Ess. 204 There are Illustrious Debauchees, but there never was an Illustrious Miser. 1759Robertson Hist. Scot. vii. II. 150 She was an agreeable woman, rather than an illustrious Queen. 1809Med. Jrnl. XXI. 90 The only tribute we can pay to the illustrious dead. 1855Prescott Philip II, I. ii. iii. 176 Several of these victims were not only illustrious for their rank, but yet more so for their talents and virtues.
b. Of things.
c1566J. Alday tr. Boaystuau's Theat. World Q iij b, Acknowledging in him his proper figure and illustrious marke. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 13 His Illustrious deeds, his renowne acquir'd. 1701Stanley's Hist. Philos. Biog. 7 Mr. Des Cartes has given us an illustrious Instance of the Use of this Method in his Meditations and Method. 1820Lamb Elia Ser. i. Two Races Men, One leaf of the illustrious folio.
c. most illustrious: the special epithet of the Order of St. Patrick.
[1783London Gaz. 4–8 Feb. 1/1 The King has been pleased to order Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal of the Kingdom of Ireland, for creating a Society, or Brotherhood, to be called Knights of the Illustrious Order of St. Patrick.] 1858B. Burke Bk. Orders Knighth. 102 (heading) The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick. 1971Whitaker's Almanack 259 The Most Illustrious Order of Saint Patrick... Ribbon, Sky Blue. Motto, Quis separabit?.. (No conferments since 1934).
¶ In the following passage in the Shakespeare folios, in the sense ‘not lustrous, dull’ (il-2) whence editors have substituted illustrous, inlustrous, unlustrous.
1611Shakes. Cymb. i. vi. 109 (1623) An eye Base and illustrious as the smoakie light That's fed with stinking Tallow. |