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Word entry · 8 letters

luminous

Best crossword clue

"Softly glowing"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈluːmɪnəs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ilmnosuuStarts with LEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1L2U3M4I5N6O7U8S

Definitions

  1. softly bright or radiant

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French lumineus, from Latin lūminōsus.

Used in a sentence

  • The moon, which had been slowly ascending, now shone through an open space between the trees; and the rippling waters of the brook gave back her light in luminous vibrations.
  • The bonfire in his heart made luminous the rose-tan in his cheek.
  • When approaching the Laughead household, she claimed to have previously met Charles Laughead and to recently have experienced a mystical dream in which a mysterious, luminous man rescued her from a flood (Williams 1954).

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