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单词 dislustre
释义

dislustren.

Etymology: dis- prefix 2d.
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.

/dɪsˈlʌstə/
Etymology: dis- prefix 2b(a).
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).
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