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Or, say that someone or something is luminous with something: luminous with energy, luminous with meaning, luminous with joy.

You might say that a person is luminous, or has a luminous personality: "She was luminous on stage," "He's luminous at dinner parties." Talk about objects that are luminous: a luminous insect, a luminous room, a luminous object in space, the luminous morning rain outside your window.Īnd be figurative: talk about luminous faces and expressions luminous creations, like luminous art and music and writing and luminous actions and accomplishments: "his luminous act of selflessness," "a luminous feat of kindness."Īnd there's luminous beauty, luminous humor, luminous eloquence, luminous leadership, someone's luminous intelligence, a luminous immersion in something, etc. After a linking verb, as in "It was luminous" or "He was luminous.") Right before a noun, as in "a luminous thing" or "a luminous person."Ģ. (Adjectives are describing words, like "large" or "late."ġ. Someone or something luminous is bright and shiny, or clear and wonderful in a way that reminds you of a bright light. (To reveal any word with blanks, give it a click.) make your point with. Like today's luminous, our recent word lum_comes from the Latin lumen, meaning "light." Could you recall it? It means "a famous, inspirational person who reminds us of a shining light." Let's enjoy this luminous observation from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice: "How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world."