Luminous

Luminous

Adjective · /ˈluː.mɪ.nəs/

Definition

Full of or shedding light; brightly lit or glowing, often with an unearthly or beautiful quality; (of a person's eyes or face) glowing with intelligence or emotion; (figuratively) brilliantly clear and intellectually enlightening.

Origin

From Latin luminosus (full of light), from lumen (light, an opening for light), from lucere (to shine). The same lux and lucere root also gives lucid and elucidate. Luminous entered English in the 15th century in the optical and physical sense before developing its figurative intellectual sense.