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Definition of Lustre

1. Noun. A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain.

2. Noun. A quality that outshines the usual.

3. Noun. The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.

Definition of Lustre

1. n. Same as Luster.

Definition of Lustre

1. Noun. (British) (alternative spelling of luster) Shine, sheen gleam or polish. ¹

2. Noun. By extension, interest, attractiveness, or splendor. ¹

3. Noun. Refinement, polish, or quality. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lustre

1. to luster [v -TRED, -TRING, -TRES] - See also: luster

Medical Definition of Lustre

1. 1. Brilliancy; splendor; brightness; glitter. "The right mark and very true luster of the diamond." (Sir T. More) "The scorching sun was mounted high, In all its luster, to the noonday sky." (Addison) There is a tendency to limit the use of luster, in this sense, to the brightness of things which do not shine with their own light, or at least do not blaze or glow with heat. One speaks of the luster of a diamond, or of silk, or even of the stars, but not often now of the luster of the sun, a coal of fire, or the like. 2. Renown; splendor; distinction; glory. "His ancestors continued about four hundred years, rather without obscurity than with any great luster." (Sir H. Wotton) 3. A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, or the like, generally of an ornamental character. 4. The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities. The principal kinds of luster recognised are: metallic, adamantine, vitreous, resinous, greasy, pearly, and silky. With respect to intensity, luster is characterised as splendent, shining, glistening, glimmering, and dull. 5. A substance which imparts luster to a surface, as plumbago and some of the glazes. 6. A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, used for women's dresses. Luster ware, earthenware decorated by applying to the glazing metallic oxides, which acquire brilliancy in the process of baking. Origin: F. Lustre; cf. It. Lustro; both fr. L. Lustrare to purify, go about (like the priests at the lustral sacrifice), traverse, survey, illuminate, fr. Lustrum a purificatory sacrifice; perh. Akin to E. Loose. But lustrare to illuminate is perh. A different word, and akin to L. Lucere to be light or clear, to shine. See Lucid, and cf. Illustrious, Lustrum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lustre

lusting lustingly lustique lustlessly lustlessness lustra lustral lustrate lustrated lustrates

lustrating lustration lustrations lustre (current term) lustred lustreless lustrelessly lustrelessness lustres lustreware

lustrical lustrine lustrines lustring lustrings lustrious lustrous lustrously

Literary usage of Lustre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Early majolica plate, in blue and yellow lustre only, mide at Pesaro or ... Gubbio plate, with portrait In niby lustre and blue outline. ..."

2. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana, James Dwight Dana (1877)
"lustre. The lustre of minerals varies with the nature of their surfaces. A variation in the quantity of light reflected, produces different degrees of ..."

3. A Text-book of Mineralogy: With an Extended Treatise on Crystallography and by Edward Salisbury Dana (1897)
"lustre. The lustre of minerals varies with the nature of their surfaces. A variation in the quantity of light reflected, produces different degrees of ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Through its Moorish artists Spain produced lustre-ware, ... This same gold-lustre ware was produced in Malaga during the 14th century, and, ..."

5. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"These pictures were never printed in the lustre glaze itself. The so-called Sunderland"gift jugs " belong to this class of lustre ware. They vary in size, ..."

6. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1848)
"THE first year of this second lustre was ushered in to the church of New Plymouth with the doleful news of the death1 of Mr. John Robinson, their faithful ..."

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