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lustre

UK/ˈlʌstə/ US/ˈlʊstə/ uncommon obsolete uk

noun

1.
2.

a quality that outshines the usual

3.

the visual property of something that shines with reflected light

Origin

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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