Both Uses of
luminous
in
And The Mountains Echoed
- I liked her best when she told us stories about the Prophet's life, which I found interesting—how he had lived his childhood in the desert, how the angel Gabriel had appeared to him in a cave and commanded him to recite verses, how everyone who met him was struck by his kind and luminous face.†
Chpt 9
- They were leaning now against the wooden railing, sharing a cigarette, looking up at the sky, which was luminous and clear but for a few frayed clouds.†
Chpt 9 *
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.