lustered

American  

[luhs-terd] / ˈlʌs tərd /

adjective

1. having or finished with a luster.

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Other Word Forms

• unlustered adjective

Etymology

Origin of lustered

First recorded in 1855–60; luster ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

The home makes liberal use of lustered Mica stone, terrazzo tile and clear vertical grain fir framing throughout.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2022

Here emperors strutted on stiltlike shoes, empresses basked under peacock fans, concubines lustered their hair with elephant dung, and eunuchs plotted palace intrigues.

From Time Magazine Archive

A nearly full moon lustered the magnolias blooming along the University of Virginia's esplanade.

From Time Magazine Archive

Originally, silver luster was a cheap imitation of silver, and first specimens were lustered inside as well as out, to further increase the deception.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.

The weight sat on my quill: I could not write;    The red drops lustered to my pen—in vain; I had my theme—"Brothers that meet in fight,    Yet shed no blood!"—my jesting mood turned pain.

From Abraham Lincoln and the London Punch Cartoons, Comments and Poems, Published in the London Charivari, During the American Civil War (1861-1865) by Walsh, William Shepard