LUSTRE

luster, lustre

(noun) a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain

shininess, sheen, luster, lustre

(noun) the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

luster, lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour

(noun) a quality that outshines the usual

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

lustre (countable and uncountable, plural lustres)

(British spelling) Alternative form of luster (shine, etc.)

(geology) the way in which the surface of any particular type of mineral reflects light differently from other minerals, which is helpful in telling minerals apart.

a glass ornament such as a prism or cut glass dangling beneath a chandelier; usually in clusters or festoons

(dated) a chandelier, particularly one decorated with glass lustres

Antonyms

• dullness

• lacklustre

Verb

lustre (third-person singular simple present lustres, present participle lustring, simple past and past participle lustred)

(British spelling) Alternative form of luster

Etymology 2

Noun

lustre (plural lustres)

(British spelling) Alternative form of luster (a lustrum)

Anagrams

• Ulster, lurest, luster, luters, result, rulest, rustle, sutler, truels, ulster

Source: Wiktionary

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Lus"ter Lus"tre, n. Etym: [L. lustrum: cf. F. lustre.]

Definition: A period of five years; a lustrum. Both of us have closed the tenth luster. Bolingbroke.

Lus"ter, Lus"tre, n. Etym: [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.]

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.

Note: 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. Pope.

4. (Min.)

Definition: The appearance of the surface of a mineral as affected by, or dependent upon, peculiarities of its reflecting qualities.

Note: The principal kinds of luster recognized are: metallic, adamantine, vitreous, resinous, greasy, pearly, and silky. With respect to intensity, luster is characterized 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.

Lus"ter, Lus"tre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lustred; p. pr. & vb. n. Lustering, or Lustring.]

Definition: To make lustrous. [R. & Poetic] Flooded and lustered with her loosened gold. Lowell.

Lus"tre, n.

Definition: Same as Luster.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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