"unlustrous" meaning in English

See unlustrous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more unlustrous [comparative], most unlustrous [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + lustrous. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|lustrous}} un- + lustrous Head templates: {{en-adj}} unlustrous (comparative more unlustrous, superlative most unlustrous)
  1. Not lustrous; without lustre. Synonyms: illustrous, lustreless, lusterless
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "lustrous"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + lustrous",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + lustrous.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more unlustrous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most unlustrous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "unlustrous (comparative more unlustrous, superlative most unlustrous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with un-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “Cymbeline. A Tragedy.”, in The Plays of William Shakespeare. Volume the Ninth, Containing, Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear, volume IX, London: Printed for C[harles] Bathurst [et al.], published 1773, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi], pages 183–184:",
          "text": "[S]hould I […] join gripes with hands / Made hard with hourly falſhood (falſhood as / With labour) then lye peeping in an eye, / Base and unluſtrous as the ſmoaky light / That's fed with stinking tallow; it were fit, / That all the plagues of hell ſhould at one time / Encounter ſuch revolt.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not lustrous; without lustre."
      ],
      "id": "en-unlustrous-en-adj-dX9uJs7-",
      "links": [
        [
          "lustrous",
          "lustrous"
        ],
        [
          "lustre",
          "lustre"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "illustrous"
        },
        {
          "word": "lustreless"
        },
        {
          "word": "lusterless"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "unlustrous"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "lustrous"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + lustrous",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + lustrous.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more unlustrous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most unlustrous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "unlustrous (comparative more unlustrous, superlative most unlustrous)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with un-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “Cymbeline. A Tragedy.”, in The Plays of William Shakespeare. Volume the Ninth, Containing, Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear, volume IX, London: Printed for C[harles] Bathurst [et al.], published 1773, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi], pages 183–184:",
          "text": "[S]hould I […] join gripes with hands / Made hard with hourly falſhood (falſhood as / With labour) then lye peeping in an eye, / Base and unluſtrous as the ſmoaky light / That's fed with stinking tallow; it were fit, / That all the plagues of hell ſhould at one time / Encounter ſuch revolt.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not lustrous; without lustre."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lustrous",
          "lustrous"
        ],
        [
          "lustre",
          "lustre"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "illustrous"
    },
    {
      "word": "lustreless"
    },
    {
      "word": "lusterless"
    }
  ],
  "word": "unlustrous"
}

Download raw JSONL data for unlustrous meaning in English (1.6kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (9a96ef4 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.