luster

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from

Noun

 * 1) The ability or condition of shining when light is applied, inclusive of shine, sheen, polish, gloss, sparkle, etc.
 * 2) * 1717,, Metamorphoses Book III, The Story of Cadmus,
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 * 1) * 1717,, Metamorphoses Book III, The Story of Cadmus,
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- The scorching sun was mounted high, / In all its lustre, to the noonday sky.


 * 1) * 2001, James Wood, Introduction to Saul Bellow, Collected Stories, New York: Viking, p. xvii,
 * Curiously enough, the stream of consciousness, for all its reputation as the great accelerator of description, actually slows down realism, asks it to dawdle over tiny remembrances, tiny details and lusters, to circle and return.
 * 1)  Shining light, luminosity, brightness, shine.
 * 2)  Shining beauty, splendor, attractiveness or attraction.
 * 3) * 1970, S.Y. Agnon, "Agunot" in Twenty-One Stories, New York: Schocken Books, p. 30,
 * Their days of rest are wrested from them, their feasts are fasts, their lot is dust instead of luster.
 * 1)  Shining fame, renown, glory.
 * 2)  Polish, social refinement.
 * 3) A thing exhibiting luster, particularly
 * 4)  Any shining body or thing.
 * 5) A piece of glass added to a light (especially a chandelier) to increase its luster.
 * 6)  An ornamental light providing luster, especially a chandelier.
 * 7) A substance that imparts luster to a surface, inclusive of polish, gloss, plumbago, glaze, etc.
 * 8) The layer of an object that imparts luster, chiefly with regard to ceramics.
 * : highly lustrous ceramics.
 * 1) A kind of lustrous fabric with a wool weft and cotton, linen, or silk warp, chiefly used for women's dresses.
 * 2)  A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown.
 * 1)  Polish, social refinement.
 * 2) A thing exhibiting luster, particularly
 * 3)  Any shining body or thing.
 * 4) A piece of glass added to a light (especially a chandelier) to increase its luster.
 * 5)  An ornamental light providing luster, especially a chandelier.
 * 6) A substance that imparts luster to a surface, inclusive of polish, gloss, plumbago, glaze, etc.
 * 7) The layer of an object that imparts luster, chiefly with regard to ceramics.
 * : highly lustrous ceramics.
 * 1) A kind of lustrous fabric with a wool weft and cotton, linen, or silk warp, chiefly used for women's dresses.
 * 2)  A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown.
 * 1) A substance that imparts luster to a surface, inclusive of polish, gloss, plumbago, glaze, etc.
 * 2) The layer of an object that imparts luster, chiefly with regard to ceramics.
 * : highly lustrous ceramics.
 * 1) A kind of lustrous fabric with a wool weft and cotton, linen, or silk warp, chiefly used for women's dresses.
 * 2)  A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown.
 * 1) A kind of lustrous fabric with a wool weft and cotton, linen, or silk warp, chiefly used for women's dresses.
 * 2)  A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown.
 * 1)  A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown.
 * 1)  A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown.

Translations

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 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hawaiian: hinuhinu
 * Hindi: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Schien
 * Polish:
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 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сја̑ј, сијање, лу̀стер
 * Roman:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tahitian: hinuhinu
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük:


 * Armenian: ,
 * Czech:, zářivost
 * Dutch:, , splendeur
 * Finnish:
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 * Hawaiian: hinuhinu
 * Hindi: ,
 * Irish:
 * Old Irish: lí
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: şemedan
 * Polish:
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 * Spanish:
 * Tahitian: hinuhinu
 * Turkish:
 * Uzbek:


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: تَهْذِيب
 * Bulgarian:
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 * Esperanto: jarkvino, pendlumigilo
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 * Indonesian:
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Verb

 * 1)  To have luster, to gleam, to shine.
 * 2) * 1729, Richard Savage, The Wanderer, Sect. iii, l. 326:
 * What bloom, what brightness lusters o'er her cheeks!
 * 1)  To gain luster, to become lustrous.
 * 2)  To give luster, particularly
 * 3)  To make illustrious or attractive, to distinguish.
 * 4) To coat with a lustrous material or glaze, to impart physical luster to an object.
 * 5)  To shed light on, to illustrate, to show.
 * , particularly
 * , to ritually cleanse or renew.
 * , to look over, to survey.
 * , to ritually cleanse or renew.
 * , to look over, to survey.

Translations

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Etymology 2
From, from , from , of origin. More at.

Noun

 * : A five-year period, especially in Roman contexts.

Etymology 3
From.

Noun

 * 1)  One who lusts, one inflamed with lust.
 * 2) * 1591, John Lyly, Endimion, sig. E4v:
 * Eumenides But did neuer any Louers come hether? Geron Lusters, but not Louers.
 * 1) * 1867-1872, Ante-Nicene Christian Library, Testimonies against the Jews
 * Neither fornicators, nor those who serve idols, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor the lusters after mankind shall obtain the kingdom of God.
 * Neither fornicators, nor those who serve idols, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor the lusters after mankind shall obtain the kingdom of God.

Etymology 4
From.

Noun

 * : a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals.

Etymology
From, see.

Noun

 * 1) A chandelier, an ostentatious ceiling light

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) chandelier