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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LU'MINOUS, a. [L. luminosus.]
1. Shining; emitting light. The sun is a most luminous body.
2. Light; illuminated. The moon is rendered luminous by the rays of the sun.
3. Bright; shining; as a luminous color.
4. Clear; as a luminous essay or argument.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" [syn: aglow, lambent, lucent, luminous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin luminosus, from lumin-, lumen Date: 15th century 1. a. emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light b. of or relating to light or to luminous flux 2. bathed in or exposed to steady light <luminous with sunlight> 3. clear, enlightening 4. shining, illustrious <a luminous film star> <a luminous performance> Synonyms: see bright • luminously adverb • luminousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 full of or shedding light; radiant, bright, shining. 2 phosphorescent, visible in darkness (luminous paint). 3 (esp. of a writer or a writer's work) throwing light on a subject. 4 of visible radiation (luminous intensity). Derivatives: luminosity n. luminously adj. luminousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF lumineux or L luminosus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Luminous Lu"mi*nous, a. [L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See Luminary, Illuminate.] 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color. Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. --Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. --Longfellow. 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous. Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. --Longfellow. 3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. `` Luminous eloquence.'' --Macaulay. `` A luminous statement.'' --Brougham. Luminous paint, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time. Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- Lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. -- Lu"mi*nous*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is luminous shines or glows in the dark. The luminous dial on the clock showed five minutes to seven. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Shining, radiant, resplendent. 2. Bright, brilliant, clear. 3. Lucid, clear, perspicuous, luculent, plain.

Moby Thesaurus

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