lustre.
UK standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.).
Meaning & usage
UK standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.).
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1).
Alternative form of luster.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1).
Alternative form of luster: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English lustre, from Latin lustrum, from Old Latin *loustrom, of uncertain origin. More at lustrum.
Alternative form of luster: a den, a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals.
Where this word comes from
From Latin lustra (“wilds, woods”), thought to derive from unattested *dustrum, from unattested Ancient Greek *δύστρον (*dústron, “place animals wallow”), from δύω (dúō, “to plunge, to wallow”).
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