Definitions for: Luminous

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: aglow(p), bright, glowing, lambent, lucent

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