LUMINOUS

luminous. Luminous, a. shining, bright, enlightened

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Lu″mi‐nous (?), a. [[L. luminosus, fr. lumen light: cf. F. lumineux. See Luminary, Illuminate.]] 1. 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is a luminous body; a luminous color.
Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous. Bacon. The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous heads. Longfellow. 2. 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room luminous.
Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness. Longfellow. 3. 3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous mind. “ Luminous eloquence.” Macaulay. “ A luminous statement.” Brougham.
Luminous paint, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time. Syn. — Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. — Lu″mi‐nous‐ly, adv. — Lu″mi‐nous‐ness, n.