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Grammar : Adj
Spell : luhs-truhs
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌs trəs



Definition of lustrous

Origin :
  • c.1600, from luster + -ous. Related: Lustrously; lustrousness.
  • adj glossy, shining
Example sentences :
  • The colouring is not so good; in the mass, it is not so lustrous, nor so varied.
  • Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
  • A beam from the Angel's lustrous eyes fell on a lady at the next table.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
  • His eyes were large, dark, and lustrous, the expression usually sad.
  • Extract from : « Gerald Fitzgerald » by Charles James Lever
  • His full eyelids were dreamily lowered over his lustrous eyes.
  • Extract from : « Sacrifice » by Stephen French Whitman
  • And like the golden, lustrous gleaming of the snow he felt his own thirst bright in him.
  • Extract from : « The Prussian Officer » by D. H. Lawrence
  • And, now we look again, she must sing with her eyes, they are so large and lustrous!
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • It was bright and lustrous, and every glance betokened a question.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen » by Roger Finlay
  • She glanced up with a lovely smile and her dark eyes were lustrous.
  • Extract from : « The Girls at Mount Morris » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • The head is of the same colour; the throat and face of a lustrous green.
  • Extract from : « The Western World » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • His wing plumes were white, tipped with specks of lustrous gold.
  • Extract from : « Policeman Bluejay » by L. Frank Baum

Synonyms for lustrous

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