luminous
adjective/ˈluːmɪnəs/
/ˈluːmɪnəs/
- shining in the dark; giving out light
- luminous paint
- luminous hands on a clock
- staring with huge luminous eyes
- (figurative) the luminous quality of the music
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- highly
- faintly
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- very bright in colour
- They painted the door a luminous green.
- I hated the luminous yellow colour of the plastic.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French lumineux or Latin luminosus, from lumen, lumin- ‘light’.
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