luster
/ˈlʌstɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
Shining light from within, luminosity, brightness, shine.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "metallic luster"
- "pearly luster"
- "the diamond’s luster"
- "And over all the fields themselves did muster, With bils and glayves making a dreadfull luster; That forst at first those knights backe to retyre: As when the wrathfull Boreas doth bluster, Nought may abide the tempest of his yre, Both man and beast doe fly, and succour doe inquyre."
- "First Servant: O, I am slain! My lord, you have one eye left To see some mischief on him. O! [Dies] Cornwall: Lest it see more, prevent it. Out, vile jelly! Where is thy lustre now? Gloucester: All dark and comfortless."
- "Daughters of Beulah! Muses who inspire the Poet’s Song! Record the journey of immortal Milton through your realms Of terror & mild moony lustre, in soft sexual delusions Of varied beauty, to delight the wanderer and repose His burning thirst & freezing hunger! […]"
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlʌstɚ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
deluster
lackluster
lusterful
lusterless
lustermaker
lusterment
lusterware
lustery
lustrify
lustrious
lustriously
lustriousness
Phrases
luster bowl
luster china
luster fabric
luster fleece
luster goods
luster jug
luster mottling
luster mug