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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
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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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