lackluster

[lak-luhs-ter] Origin

lack·lus·ter

[lak-luhs-ter]
adjective
1.
lacking brilliance or radiance; dull: lackluster eyes.
2.
lacking liveliness, vitality, spirit, or enthusiasm: a lackluster performance.
noun
3.
a lack of brilliance or vitality.

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Lackluster is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
Also, especially British, lack·lus·tre.


Origin:
1590–1600; lack + luster1
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lacklustre or (US) lackluster (ˈlækˌlʌstə)
 
adj
lacking force, brilliance, or vitality
 
lackluster or (US) lackluster
 
adj

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lackluster
c.1600, first attested in "As You Like It," from lack + luster. Combinations with lack- were frequent in 16c., e.g. lackland (1590s), of a landless man; lack-Latin (1530s), of an ignorant priest.
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