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dislustre

dislustre verb: to give up or lose lustre.

Verb

dislustre (third-person singular simple present dislustres, present participle dislustring, simple past and past participle dislustred)

  1. To give up or lose lustre.
    • […] a radiance hovered about the children as though the buttercups had dislustred their gold upon the air.1922, Henry Williamson, “London Children and Wild Flowers”, in The Lone Swallows

Forms of dislustre

third-person singular presentdislustres
present participledislustring
past participledislustred
pastdislustred

Origin of dislustre

From dis- + lustre.

Questions about dislustre

What does dislustre mean?
Dislustre means to give up or lose lustre.
What part of speech is dislustre?
Dislustre is a verb.
What is the past tense of dislustre?
The past tense of dislustre is dislustred.

Words near dislustre in the dictionary

  1. disloyalness
  2. disloyalties
  3. disloyalty
  4. disloyalty card
  5. disloyalty cards
  6. dislustre
  7. dislustred
  8. dislustres
  9. dislustring
  10. dismail
  11. dismailed

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