1885–90; < Latin lūx light 1
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They’re both lux and comfortable, providing excellent noise cancellation and a great listening experience.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025
If it’s streetwear, I still want it to look lux.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
For context, direct sunlight can range from 32,000 to well over 100,000 lux.
From The Verge ● Feb. 9, 2022
Above, two towers will house 1,048 apartments with curved balconies and lux amenities.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 12, 2021
In another letter, speaking of the title for this book, he continues:— It was suggested only by the motto of the Oriental Society, "Ex Oriente lux."
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)
The dressing ritual concludes as she puts on her ornate scarlet and gold jacket – the traje de luces, or suit of lights.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2017
He made his debut in Mexico in 1961 in a borrowed traje de luces, harbouring professional ambitions until he was gored and battered in Juarez by a beast named Conquistador.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2017
One January day, he wrote, in a mix of Spanish and English: “Hector olvido luces ‘on’ —dead battery” after I left my car lights on while studying at UC Irvine.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2013
All his successors gone before him hath done’t; and all his ancestors that come after him may: they may 15 give the dozen white luces in their coat.
From The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge
All his successors gone before him have done't, and all his ancestors that come after him may; they may give the dozen white luces in their coat.
From The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Irving, Washington
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