Both Uses of
luminous
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- The world was so luminous that she sat down at her rickety little desk in the living-room to make a poem.†
Chpt 7 *
- It was Hugh that bounced and said "Let's play"; Olaf that opened luminous blue eyes and agreed "All right," in condescending gentleness.†
Chpt 26
Definitions:
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(1)
(luminous) glowing or shining
(also used metaphorically to describe beauty or intelligence) -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, luminous can mean beautiful, inspiring, or beautifully clear and understandable.