luster /ˈlʌstɚ/noun 17verb 9forms 3 noun17 •The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc. •(figurative) Shining beauty, splendor, attractiveness or attraction.After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its luster. •(figurative) Shining fame, renown, glory.After the scandal, the idol lost his luster and could only get work in Vegas. •The way in which the surface of any particular type of mineral reflects light differently from other minerals, which is helpful in telling minerals apart. •Shining light from within, luminosity, brightness, shine.the luster of the minor stars •(figurative) Polish, social refinement.Sure, the posh git spoke with fine lustre. ’S all a load of bollocks, though, innit? •A thing exhibiting luster. •A piece of glass added to a light (especially a chandelier) to increase its luster.Each mortal has his pleasure: none deny Scarsdale his bottle, Darty his ham-pie; Ridotta sips and dances, till she see The doubling lustres dance as fast as she — 1735 •An ornamental light providing luster, especially a chandelier.The immense room was carpeted, the walls were covered with eighteenth-century panelling, and three electric lustres hung from the ceiling. — 1905 •A kind of lustrous fabric with a wool weft and cotton, linen, or silk warp, chiefly used for women's dresses.Mrs. McLash was dressed for travelling. She wore a black lustre skirt that just exposed her broken button-boots […] — 1938 •(literary) Any shining body or thing. •Clipping of lusterware: highly lustrous ceramics. •A substance that imparts luster to a surface, such as polish, gloss, plumbago, glaze, etc.Chinese themes are equally recognisable in the star-shaped and hexagonal tiles with either moulded relief or lustre-painted decoration, sometimes surrounded by an inscription border […] — 2009 •The layer of an object that imparts luster, chiefly with regard to ceramics. •(no longer used) A glory, an act or thing that imparts fame or renown. •(no longer used) One who lusts, one inflamed with lust.Eumenides But did neuer any Louers come hether? — 1591 •(no longer used) Synonym of den: a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals....But, turning to his luster, Calues and Dam, He shewes abhorr'd death, in his angers flame... — 1615 verb9 •To give luster. •To coat with a lustrous material or glaze, to impart physical luster to an object.Peter and Mania found a pensione whose view was of chestnut woods and a horizon looped by peaks lustred with last winter’s snow, distant in time as well as space. — 1985 •(no longer used) To make illustrious or attractive, to distinguish.Our Puritans have from hence learned to colour and lustre their ugly Treasons... with the cloake of Religion. — 1644 •(no longer used) To gain luster, to become lustrous. •(no longer used) To have luster, to gleam, to shine.What bloom, what brightness lusters o’er her cheeks! — 1729 •(no longer used) To shed light on, to illustrate, to show. •(no longer used) Synonym of lustrate. •(no longer used) Synonym of purify, to ritually cleanse or renew. •(no longer used) Synonym of look, to look over, to survey. formslustered · lustering · lusters
