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Definition
glowing or shining
(also used metaphorically to describe beauty or intelligence)
(also used metaphorically to describe beauty or intelligence)
- The twins watched anxiously and Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous wall of his myopia.p. 169.3
- Piggy peered anxiously into the luminous veil that hung between him and the world.p. 174.7
- Far below his armpit he saw the luminous flowering round the rock.p. 187.7
- He yearned for a bed and sheets—but the only whiteness here was the slow spilt milk, luminous round the rock forty feet below, where Piggy had fallen.p. 190.6
There are no more uses of "luminous" in Lord of the Flies.
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