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lu⋅mi⋅nous

  [loo-muh-nuhs]
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–adjective
1. radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
2. lighted up or illuminated; well-lighted: the luminous ballroom.
3. brilliant intellectually; enlightened or enlightening, as a writer or a writer's works: a luminous concept; luminous prose.
4. clear; readily intelligible: a concise, luminous report.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L lūminōsus. See lumen, -ous

Related forms:
lu⋅mi⋅nous⋅ly, adverb
lu⋅mi⋅nous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. lucid, radiant, resplendent, brilliant. 3. bright, intelligent. 4. understandable, perspicuous, lucid.

Antonyms:
1, 2. dark. 3. stupid. 4. obscure.
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lu·mi·nous   (lōō'mə-nəs)   
adj.  
  1. Emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light.
  2. Full of light; illuminated. See Synonyms at bright.
    1. Easily comprehended; clear: luminous prose.
    2. Enlightened and intelligent; inspiring: luminous ideas.

[Middle English, from Old French lumineux, from Latin lūminōsus, from lūmen, lūmin-, light; see leuk- in Indo-European roots.]
lu'mi·nous·ly adv., lu'mi·nous·ness n.
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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.
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Language Translation for : luminous
Spanish: luminoso,
German: Leucht-…,
Japanese: 光る
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luminous 
1432, "full of light," from L. luminosus "shining, full of light," from lumen (gen. luminis) "light," related to lucere "to shine" (see light (n.)).
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Main Entry: lu·mi·nous
Pronunciation: 'lü-m&-n&s
Function: adjective
1 : emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused,or glowing light
2 : of or relating to light or to luminous flux
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luminous lu·mi·nous (l&oomacr;'mə-nəs)
adj.
Emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light.

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