different between luminous vs numinous
luminous
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French lumineus, from Latin l?min?sus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lu?m?n?s/
Adjective
luminous (comparative more luminous, superlative most luminous)
- Emitting light; glowing brightly.
- Synonyms: beamful, shining, radiant; see also Thesaurus:shining
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 11, [1]
- The bonfire in his heart made luminous the rose-tan in his cheek.
- Brightly illuminated.
- Synonyms: lighted, lit up; see also Thesaurus:illuminated
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- luminosity
Related terms
- illuminate
Translations
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numinous
English
Etymology
From Latin n?men (“nod of the head; divine sway or will; divinity”) +? -ous (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality”). N?men is believed to derive either from Latin *nu? (“to nod”) or from Ancient Greek ????????? (nooúmenon, “influence perceptible by the mind but not the senses”) (ultimately from ???? (nóos, “mind; thought; purpose”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?nju?m?n?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n(j)um?n?s/
- Hyphenation: nu?min?ous
Adjective
numinous (comparative more numinous, superlative most numinous)
- Of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity. [from mid 17th c.]
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 40]:
- He held his own body in numinous esteem.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 40]:
- Evoking a sense of the mystical, sublime, or transcendent; awe-inspiring.
Derived terms
- numinosity
- numinously
- numinousness
Related terms
- numen
- numinal
Translations
Further reading
- numinous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- numinous (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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