English Explanatory Dictionary

self-luminous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Light-emitting.
  2. Having a luminosity exceeding 100%.
  3. Prominent or famous for virtue or greatness.
  4. Self-illuminating; knowable only as its unambiguous self; self-evident.
  5. Self-aware; knowable by itself.

Word forms

self-luminous more self-luminous most self-luminous

Etymology

From self- + luminous.

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