unlustrous en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + lustrous.
Meanings
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Not lustrous; without lustre.
[S]hould I […] join gripes with hands / Made hard with hourly falſhood (falſhood as / With labour) then lye peeping in an eye, / Base and unluſtrous as the ſmoaky light / That's fed with stinking tallow; it were fit, / That all the plagues of hell ſhould at one time / Encounter ſuch revolt.
1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “Cymbeline. A Tragedy.”, in The Plays of William Shakespeare. Volume the Ninth, Containing, Troilus and Cressida. Cymbeline. King Lear, volume IX, London: Printed for C[harles] Bathurst [et al.], published 1773, →OCLC, [Act I, scene vi], pages 183–184:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unlustrous | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unlustrous | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |