lustre

Plural: lustres

Noun

• a surface coating for ceramics or porcelain
• a quality that outshines the usual
• the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
• Alternative form of luster (shine, etc.)
• Alternative form of luster: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.
• Alternative form of luster: a den, a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals.

Verb

Verb Forms: lustred, lustering, lustres

• To make glossy or shining; to polish.
• Alternative form of luster.

Examples

• She tried to lustre her words with fancy vocabulary, hoping for bonus points in Words With Friends.
• Various kinds of minerals differ in their lustre; iron pyrites are described as having a metallic lustre, glassy materials a vitreous lustre; others, such as opal, look resinous, and the lustres of yet others are described as being either pearly, or silky, or dull, like earth.

Synonyms

brilliancy, luster, sheen, shininess, splendor, splendour

Antonyms

dullness, lacklustre

Related Words

lustrous