Fire burneth wood, making it . . . luminous.
--Bacon.
The mountains lift . . . their lofty and luminous
heads. --Longfellow.
2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made
the room luminous.
Up the staircase moved a luminous space in the
darkness. --Longfellow.
3. Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a
luminous mind. `` Luminous eloquence.'' --Macaulay. `` A
luminous statement.'' --Brougham.
{Luminous paint}, a paint made up with some phosphorescent
substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to
a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time.
Syn: Lucid; clear; shining; perspicuous. -- {Lu"mi*nous*ly},
adv. -- {Lu"mi*nous*ness}, n.