2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Luminous \Lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. luminosus, fr lumen light: cf F.
lumineux See {Luminary}, {Illuminate}.]
1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright;
as the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous.
--Bacon.
The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous
heads. --Longfellow.
2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as many candles made
the room luminous.
Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the
darkness. --Longfellow.
3. Enlightened; intelligent; also clear; intelligible; as a
luminous mind. `` Luminous eloquence.'' --Macaulay. `` A
luminous statement.'' --Brougham.
{Luminous paint}, a paint made up with some phosphorescent
substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to
a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time.
Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- {Lu"mi*nous*ly},
adv -- {Lu"mi*nous*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
luminous
adj : softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights";
"glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the
lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" [syn: {aglow(p)},
{glowing}, {lambent}, {lucent}]
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