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[ luhs-ter ] / ˈlʌs tər /
noun, verb (used with or without object), lus·tred, lus·tring.Chiefly British. a variant of luster1. Words nearby lustrelusterware, lustful, lustihood, lustral, lustrate, lustre, lustreware, lustring, lustrous, lustrum, lusty Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lustreBuonaparte has placed himself at the head of that nation by deeds which cast a lustre on his name. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16)|Thomas Hart Benton David Hume was but recently dead, and the lustre of his name remained. Robert Burns|Gabriel Setoun Shed on us the lustre of your glory, for one light loses nothing by imparting some of its brilliancy to another. The Letters of Cassiodorus|Cassiodorus (AKA Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator) His countenance, radiant with health and the lustre of innocence, was at the same time thoughtful and resolute. Coningsby|Benjamin Disraeli
British Dictionary definitions for lustre
nounreflected light; sheen; gloss radiance or brilliance of light great splendour of accomplishment, beauty, etc a substance used to polish or put a gloss on a surface a vase or chandelier from which hang cut-glass drops a drop-shaped piece of cut glass or crystal used as a decoration on a chandelier, vase, etc - a shiny metallic surface on some pottery and porcelain
- (as modifier)lustre decoration
mineralogy the way in which light is reflected from the surface of a mineral. It is one of the properties by which minerals are defined verbto make, be, or become lustrous Derived forms of lustrelustreless or US lusterless, adjectivelustrous, adjectiveWord Origin for lustreC16: from Old French, from Old Italian lustro, from Latin lustrāre to make bright; related to lustrum Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |