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English Dictionary: luminous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
luminous
adj
  1. softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars"
    Synonym(s): aglow(p), lambent, lucent, luminous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Luminous \Lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F.
      lumineux. See {Luminary}, {Illuminate}.]
      1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright;
            as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
  
                     Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
                     The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous
                     heads.                                                --Longfellow.
  
      2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made
            the room luminous.
  
                     Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the
                     darkness.                                          --Longfellow.
  
      3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a
            luminous mind. [bd] Luminous eloquence.[b8] --Macaulay.
            [bd] A luminous statement.[b8] --Brougham.
  
      {Luminous paint}, a paint made up with some phosphorescent
            substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to
            a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time.
  
      Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- {Lu"mi*nous*ly},
               adv. -- {Lu"mi*nous*ness}, n.
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