Unusual mental ability; SYN. genius.
1. Brilliance
2. An instance of brilliance
Radiant splendor; brilliance.
1. Fineness; beauty.
2. Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
(Alternate spelling: glamour).
Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal); SYN. glamour.
ETYM Scot. glamour, glamer; cf. Icel. glámeggdr one who is troubled with the glaucoma; or Icel. glâm-syni weakness of sight, glamour; glâmr name of the moon, also of a ghost + syni sight, akin to Eng. see.
Alternate (chiefly British) spelling for glamor.
ETYM Akin to Dutch glans luster, brightness, German glanz, Swed. glans, Dutch glands brightness, glimpse. Related to Gleen, Glint, Glitter, and Glance a mineral.
A quick look; SYN. glimpse, coup d'oeil.
Luminosity, state of being illuminated; shininess, brightness
1. A quality that outshines the usual; SYN. lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour.
2. A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain; SYN. lustre.
Same as luster.
1. An attractive combination of good health and happiness
2. The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface; SYN. glow, glowing.
3. The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light; SYN. radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency.
A radiant or resplendent quality or state; brilliance
The quality or state of being resplendent; splendor
Brightness; the shininess of a well polished surface.
The visual property of something that shines with reflected light; SYN. sheen, luster, lustre.
ETYM Dim. of spark.
Brightness and animation of countenance; SYN. spark, light.