Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bright; clear.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Bright; clear.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
bright ;clear
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Examples
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Items I remember the most were were huge wedges of illuminous orange shrink-wrapped processed cheese, along with a litre-sized tub of peanut butter.
unexpected 2008
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The opera star had requested that the funeral service be illuminous (ph), not a dark occasion, one that will reflect his zest for life.
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He has assimilated the illuminous thought of Lenin and has clearly found in Marxism-Leninism the teachings and the path which should be followed in the search for a solution to all peoples oppressed and exploited by colonialism.
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The sun seems to me illuminous, but its nature is unknown to me.
Thais Anatole France 1884
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The new dress will have inherent flame retardant fabrics and an illuminous strip.
Analysis 2010
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With a cocktail in hand we changed into our glad rags - the most fluorescent numbers we could find - and sat down for a balcony session of artistic painting which entailed covering each other from head to toe in illuminous body paint.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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; 'Role Models' movie trailer; Paul Rudd; Sean William Scott; trailers; variety; video; Bill Murray and Tim Robbins star in this fantasy / drama about a illuminous city that slowly begins to fade.
Variety.com 2009
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; 'Role Models' movie trailer; Paul Rudd; Sean William Scott; trailers; variety; video; Bill Murray and Tim Robbins star in this fantasy / drama about a illuminous city that slowly begins to fade.
Variety.com 2009
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; 'Role Models' movie trailer; Paul Rudd; Sean William Scott; trailers; variety; video; Bill Murray and Tim Robbins star in this fantasy / drama about a illuminous city that slowly begins to fade.
Variety.com 2009
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; 'Role Models' movie trailer; Paul Rudd; Sean William Scott; trailers; variety; video; Bill Murray and Tim Robbins star in this fantasy / drama about a illuminous city that slowly begins to fade.
Variety.com 2009
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