单词 | dislustre |
释义 | † dislustren. Obsolete. Loss or deprivation of lustre; something that dims lustre. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [noun] > absence, loss, or deprivation of lustre dislustrea1641 lacklustrea1788 a1641 J. Finett Philoxenis (1656) 151 To exclude the Venetian, that he might not by his Presence be a dis-lustre to him in his march. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 139 Do not glory in her ruines, trample not upon her dislustre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019). dislustrev. 1. transitive. To deprive of lustre or brightness; to dim, sully. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > make dim [verb (transitive)] > deprive of lustre distainc1385 disgloss1562 matt1602 dislustre1638 deaden1666 ungloss1873 delustre1927 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 49 To dislustre so pure a matter with the impression of so blacke a vapour. 1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. vi. §3 (R.) All those glittering passions..get their lustre in the absence of that intellectual light, which as soon as it appears, deads and dislustres them. 1667 G. Digby Elvira v. 74 Whose Character would it not disluster? 2. intransitive. To lose its lustre. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > grow dim or lose brightness [verb (intransitive)] > lose lustre staina1387 tarnish1678 dislustre1890 1890 R. Bridges Shorter Poems iv. 15 When their bloom Dislustres. Derivatives disˈlustred adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > darkness or absence of light > dimness or absence of brightness > [adjective] > dimmed > deprived of lustre welkeda1325 dislustred1868 delustred1934 1868 J. R. Lowell Under Willows ii Her [May's] budding breasts and wan dislustered front. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.a1641v.1638 |
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