lust ring

noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object), lus·tred, lus·tring. Chiefly British.

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lustre or luster (ˈlʌstə)

—n
1.	reflected light; sheen; gloss
2.	radiance or brilliance of light
3.	great splendour of accomplishment, beauty, etc
4.	a substance used to polish or put a gloss on a surface
5.	a vase or chandelier from which hang cut-glass drops
6.	a drop-shaped piece of cut glass or crystal used as a decoration on a chandelier, vase, etc
7.	a. a shiny metallic surface on some pottery and porcelain
	b. (as modifier): lustre decoration
8.	mineralogy the way in which light is reflected from the surface of a mineral. It is one of the properties by which minerals are defined

—vb
9.	to make, be, or become lustrous

[C16: from Old French, from Old Italian lustro, from Latin lustrāre to make bright; related to lustrum]

luster or luster

—n

—vb

[C16: from Old French, from Old Italian lustro, from Latin lustrāre to make bright; related to lustrum]

'lustreless or luster

—*adj*

'lusterless or luster

—*adj*

'lustrous or luster

—*adj*

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lustrum or lustre (ˈlʌstrəm)

—n , pl -trums, -tra
	a period of five years

[C16: from Latin: ceremony of purification, from lustrāre to brighten, purify]

lustre or lustre (ˈlʌstrəm, -trə)

—n

[C16: from Latin: ceremony of purification, from lustrāre to brighten, purify]

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"Love has meaning only insofar as it includes the idea of its continuance. Even what we rather glibly call a love affair, if it comes to an end, may continue as a memory that is pleasing in our lives; we can renew the sense of privilege and reward of having been allowed such intimacy and sharing. But Lust dies at the next dawn, and when it returns in the evening, to search where it may, it is with its own past erased. Love wants to enjoy in other ways the human being whom it has enjoyed in bed; it looks forward to having breakfast. But in the morning Lust is always furtive. It dresses as mechanically as it undressed and heads straight for the door, to return to its own solitude."

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