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lustrious

Syllables: lus·tri·ousUK/ˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/US/ˈlʌs.tɹi.əs/

lustrious adjective: dazzling, sparkling; beautiful.

Adjective

lustrious (comparative more lustrious, superlative most lustrious)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Dazzling, sparkling; beautiful.
    • (The teeming lady comes, / The lustrious orb, Venus contralto, the blooming mother. / Sister of loftiest gods, Alboni's self I hear.)1892, Walt Whitman, “Proud Music of the Storm”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], →OCLC, stanza 3, page 313

lustrious meaning in Tamil

lustrious in Tamil

மேம்பட்ட அழகு

Synonyms of lustrious

Forms of lustrious

comparativemore lustrious
superlativemost lustrious

Origin of lustrious

From lustre + -ious, modelled after illustrious.

Words formed from lustrious

  • lustriously
  • lustriousness

Questions about lustrious

What does lustrious mean?
Lustrious means dazzling, sparkling; beautiful.
What is lustrious in Tamil?
Lustrious in Tamil is மேம்பட்ட அழகு. See Lustrious meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lustrious?
Lustrious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lustrious?
Lustrious is pronounced /ˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/ (UK).

Words near lustrious in the dictionary

  1. lustrifying
  2. lustrine
  3. lustrines
  4. lustring
  5. lustrings
  6. lustrious
  7. lustrous
  8. lustrously
  9. lustrousness
  10. lustrum
  11. lustrums

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lustrious (page history and authors); lustrious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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