Literary notes about Lustrous (AI summary)
The term "lustrous" is frequently employed to evoke a vivid, shimmering quality across a range of subjects, from human features to natural landscapes and crafted objects. In literature it can characterize the gleam of a person’s eyes or hair—imbuing characters with an inner radiance, as seen when describing a gaze that seems to drink love [1] or hair that is "thick, lustrous black" [2]. It is also used to depict natural phenomena, lending the night sky or a daybreak an almost ethereal glow [3, 4]. Moreover, the adjective is applied to materials such as silk, satin, or even stone, enhancing their elegance and allure, much like the "lustrous pearl" that captivates the beholder [5]. Through such varied usage, "lustrous" consistently communicates an essence of beauty and brilliance that both illuminates and enriches the written image.
- Her lustrous eyes, as she gazed into his, seemed to drink love from his heart.
— from A King of Tyre: A Tale of the Times of Ezra and Nehemiah by James M. (James Meeker) Ludlow - Belknap was a man of fifty-odd, but didn’t look it; tall, handsome, with a firm mouth, burning brown eyes, and thick, lustrous black hair.
— from Murder at Large by Lesley Frost - The sky was lustrous and the air was quite still.
— from Overlooked by Maurice Baring - Finally the morning dawned pearly and lustrous in a sky full of silver sheen and radiance, and the wonderful day had arrived.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. Montgomery - The same day there arrived through the post a small card-board box addressed to me, which I found to contain a very large and lustrous pearl.
— from The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle
