luminous

non·lu·mi·nous·ness, nounself-lu·mi·nous, adjectivesem·i·lu·mi·nous, adjectivesem·i·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverbsem·i·lu·mi·nous·ness, nounun·lu·mi·nous, adjectiveun·lu·mi·nous·ly, adverbun·lu·mi·nous·ness, noun

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There he claims he saw a luminous object change colors several times then vanish into the night sky.
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Reviews when the play was at Steppenwolf in Chicago described her as luminous.
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Her luminous face has been preserved forever, and multiplies with every tribute.
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Silverstone will “show you the way to have a luminous, present, ailment-free pregnancy.”
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The luminous 31-year-old actress who just took home an Academy Award has absolutely nothing to do.
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Always ready to send shot and shell into a bulging speck in the sky that does not return the luminous signals.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915|Various
Malgaigne declares Chauliac's "Chirurgia Magna" to be "a masterpiece of learned and luminous writing."
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The next day dawned as brilliant as the one that had gone before, a golden sun clothing the vast green forest in a luminous light.
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Language is inadequate to describe what I felt in rising continually upwards through this bright and luminous atmosphere.
Consolations in Travel|Humphrey Davy
It seemed to me to be wholly composed of some vibrating, luminous matter.
Ghostly Phenomena|Elliot O'Donnell.

British Dictionary definitions for luminous

luminous

/ (ˈluːmɪnəs) /

adjective

radiating or reflecting light; shining; glowingluminous colours

(not in technical use) exhibiting luminescenceluminous paint

full of light; well-lit

(of a physical quantity in photometry) evaluated according to the visual sensation produced in an observer rather than by absolute energy measurementsluminous flux; luminous intensity Compare radiant

easily understood; lucid; clear

enlightening or wise

Derived Forms

luminously, adverbluminousness, noun

Word Origin for luminous

C15: from Latin lūminōsus full of light, from lūmen light

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