Word of the Day: Luminous
lu-mi-nous / ˈlü-mə-nəs
adjective
- brightly shining
You have been called to be who you are – the whole luminous light.
Debbie Ford, 1955-2013
- well-lit
At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.
Norman Maclean, 1902-1990
- 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-
- 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-