lustre

[ luhs-ter ]

/ ˈlʌs tər /

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noun, verb (used with or without object), lus·tred, lus·tring.

Chiefly British. a variant of luster¹.

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Words nearby lustre

lusterware, lustful, lustihood, lustral, lustrate, lustre, lustreware, lustring, lustrous, lustrum, lusty

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How to use lustre in a sentence

By now, some of the features that were notable at launch in fall 2020 have lost a bit of lustre.
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This stubborn resistance lent all the more lustre to the piety of our benignant Rulers.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
The moon on every side her lustre shed,And all in robes of silver light arrayedThe trees with which the place was garlanded.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi|Giacomo Leopardi
In quiet shade the sombre valley lay,While all the little hills around were clothedWith the soft lustre of the dewy moon.
The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi|Giacomo Leopardi

Very compact and fine-grained reddish granular quartz, with a glistening lustre, and flat conchoidal fracture.
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]|Phillip Parker King
Herbert rode up to him, as he stood staring with dazed, lack-lustre eyes at the company.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis

British Dictionary definitions for lustre

lustre

US luster

/ (ˈlʌstə) /

noun

reflected 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

verb

to make, be, or become lustrous

Derived forms of lustre

lustreless or US lusterless, adjectivelustrous, adjective

Word Origin for lustre

C16: from Old French, from Old Italian lustro, from Latin lustrāre to make bright; related to lustrum

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