luster
noun
- property of a surface to reflect some light, giving an illusion of depth, with less brightness than a gloss
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstɚ/
name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Luster or, possibly, a variant of Lester.
- A surname from German.
noun
Etymology: From Latin lustra (“wilds, woods”).
- Synonym of den: a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals.
“...But, turning to his luster, Calues and Dam, He shewes abhorr'd death, in his angers flame...”
verb
Etymology: From Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro, from Old Italian lustrare (“brighten”), from Latin lūstrō (“to purify, to brighten”), from Latin lūstrum (“purification ritual”).
- To have luster, to gleam, to shine.
“What bloom, what brightness lusters o’er her cheeks!”
- To gain luster, to become lustrous.
- To give luster, particularly
“Our Puritans have from hence learned to colour and lustre their ugly Treasons... with the cloake of Religion.”
- To give luster, particularly
“Peter and Mania found a pensione whose view was of chestnut woods and a horizon looped by peaks lustred with last winter’s snow, distant in time as well as space.”
- To shed light on, to illustrate, to show.
- Synonym of lustrate, particularly
- Synonym of lustrate, particularly