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Meaning of 'luminous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Luminous [ a.]
- Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
- Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous.
- Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind.

Meaning of 'luminous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . luminous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- softly bright or radiant
Example in sentence:
  • a house aglow with lights;
  • a sky luminous with stars;
  • glowing embers;
  • lambent tongues of flame;
  • the lucent moon

Nearby Words:

lum lumachel lumachella lumbaginous lumbago lumbal lumbar lumber lumbered lumberer

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