Word of the Day: Luminous

lu-mi-nous / ˈlü-mə-nəs   adjective  

1. brightly shining

You have been called to be who you are – the whole luminous light. Debbie Ford, 1955-2013  

2. well-lit

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear. Norman Maclean, 1902-1990  

3. intellectually enlightening

There are some works so luminous…so powerful that they give us strength and force us to new understandings. Hervé Le Tellier, 1957-  

4. clear; easily understood

A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction of the unsaid and unseen. Charles Baxter, 1947-