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n. - A surface coating for ceramics or porcelain; The visual property of something that shines with reflected light; A quality that outshines the usual.

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  • I almost didn't but this issue, as the lustre is gone.
  • It is the Nobel Prize that gains lustre from the recipient
  • Juan expurgated, and yet displaying a galaxy of connected lustre, which is well calculated to throw a halo of splendour round the memory of Lord Byron.
  • A pearly lustre, which is intimately united to the surface of the rocks.
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