Both Uses
luminous
in
Harry Potter (#1) and the Sorcerer's Stone
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- When Harry finally left the table, he was laden down with a stack of things out of the crackers, including a pack of nonexplodable, luminous balloons, a Grow-Your-Own-Warts kit, and his own new wizard chess set.†
p. 204.2
- Ron threw the cloak back over them as the luminous eyes of Mrs. Norris came round the door.
p. 211.7 *luminous = shining
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) Much more rarely, luminous can mean beautiful, inspiring, or beautifully clear and understandable.