luster
luster
englantihohto, houkuttelevuus
Esimerkkejä:
has lost its luster on menettänyt hohtonsa
Synonyymisanakirja
luster
lasite, lasitus, kiille, kirkkaus, hohde, radianssi, säteily, loiste, loisto, kiilto, hohto.
Rimmaavat sanat
luster rimmaa näiden kanssa:
tonic water, copywriter, bitter, babysitter...
Englannin sanakirja
luster (englanti > suomi)
luster englanniksi
shine Shine, polish or sparkle.
''He polished the brass doorknob to a high luster.
1596, w:Edmund Spenser|Edmund Spenser, w:The Faerie Queene|The Faerie Queene, Book V, Canto 11, Indianapolis: Hackett, 2006, p. 162,
1605/6, w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, w:King Lear|King Lear, Act III, Scene VII,
1667, w:John Milton|John Milton, ''w:Paradise Lost|Paradise Lost, Book IV, 846-850,
1693, w:Joseph Addison|Joseph Addison, Ovids Metamorphoses,'' Book III, The Story of Cadmus, http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10587/pg10587-images.html
1810, w:William Blake|William Blake, ''w:Milton: A Poem in Two Books|Milton: A Poem in Two Books, Book I, 1-5
1914, w:James Joyce|James Joyce, "w:The Dead (short story)|The Dead" in w:Dubliners Dubliners, Penguin, 1996, p. 178
1922, w:Eric Rücker Eddison|E. R. Eddison, ''w:The Worm Ouroboros|The Worm Ouroboros, Chapter VIII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0602051h.html
2001, James Wood, Introduction to w:Saul Bellow|Saul Bellow, Collected Stories, New York: Viking, p. xvii,
By extension, brilliance, attractiveness or splendor.
''After so many years in the same field, the job had lost its luster.
1895, The Gentlemans Magazine'', Volume 279, p. 602, https://books.google.ca/books?id=2FpIAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA602&lpg=PA602&dq=%22wotton%22+%22rather+without+obscurity%22&source=bl&ots=opQShsDL-j&sig=CgnVi4CVrgnDZZQN_CbvTLUic5E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj4zpyOm-7MAhUG2WMKHQ2OAQAQ6AEIHTAAv=onepage&q=%22wotton%22%20%22rather%20without%20obscurity%22&f=false
1970, w:Shmuel Yosef Agnon|S.Y. Agnon, "Agunot" in Twenty-One Stories, New York: Schocken Books, p. 30,
2006, Florence Tamagne, A History of Homosexuality in Europe, Volume I & II: Berlin, London, Paris, 1919-1939, New York: Algora, p. 87,
refinement Refinement, polish or quality.
''He spoke with all the lustre a seasoned enthusiast should have.
1836, w:Oliver Wendell Holmes|Oliver Wendell Holmes, "Poetry: A Metrical Essay," in The Poetical Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes in Two Volumes: Volume I, Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin, 1892, p. 37 https://books.google.ca/books?id=F24aAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcoverv=onepage&q&f=false
1971, w:Cynthia Ozick|Cynthia Ozick, "The Butterfly and the Traffic Light" in Collected Stories, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006, p. 288,
A candlestick, chandelier, girandole, etc. generally of an ornamental character.
1735, w:Alexander Pope|Alexander Pope, "The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated," 45-48
1905, w:Thomas Mann|Thomas Mann, "The Blood of the Walsungs", translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter, in Death in Venice & Seven Other Stories, New York: Vintage, 1954 p. 294,
A substance that imparts lustre to a surface, such as plumbago or a glaze.
2009, Yuka Kadoi, Islamic Chinoiserie: The Art of Mongol Iran, Edinburgh University Press, p. 52,
1936, w:Freya Stark|Freya Stark, The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut, Boston: E.P. Dutton, Chapter XXIII, p. 253,
A fabric of wool and cotton with a lustrous surface, used for women's dresses.
1938, w:Xavier Herbert|Xavier Herbert, w:Capricornia (novel)|Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter IX, p. 143, https://archive.org/details/capricornianovel00herb
puhekieltä To gleam, have luster.
puhekieltä To give luster, distinguish.
puhekieltä To give a coating or other treatment to impart physical luster.
1985, w:Nadine Gordimer|Nadine Gordimer, "Sins of the Third Age" in Something Out There, Penguin, p. 69,
A lustrum, quinquennium, a period of five years, originally the interval between Roman censuses.
(RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncl), II.4.2.ii:
One who lusts.
Bible, Paul
A chandelier, an ostentatious ceiling light
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