different between numinous vs illumine

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)

1. 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.
2. 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

English

Etymology

From Middle French illuminer, from Latin ill?min?re.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l(j)u?m?n/

Verb

illumine (third-person singular simple present illumines, present participle illumining, simple past and past participle illumined)

1. (transitive) To illuminate (something).
   • 1789, Ann Ward Radcliffe, The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne, London: T. Hookham, Chapter 9, p. 185,^[1]

     The moon shone faintly by intervals, through broken clouds upon the waters, illumining the white foam which burst around, and enlightening the scene sufficiently to render it visible.

   • 1890, H. L. Havell (translator), On the Sublime by Longinus (1^st century CE), London: Macmillan, Part I, p. 3,^[2]

     Skill in invention, lucid arrangement and disposition of facts, are appreciated not by one passage, or by two, but gradually manifest themselves in the general structure of a work; but a sublime thought, if happily timed, illumines an entire subject with the vividness of a lightning-flash, and exhibits the whole power of the orator in a moment of time.

   • 2012, Melanie McDonagh, “Where have all the book illustrators gone?” The Independent, 20 January, 2012,^[3]

     […] the possibility that illustrations could actually illumine writing and draw out elements of a narrative doesn’t seem to count for much any more.

2. (intransitive, rare) To light up.
   • 1918, Rebecca West, The Return of the Soldier, Virago 2014, p. 18:

     ‘Shell-shock.’ Our faces did not illumine so she dragged on lamely. ‘Anyway, he's not well.’

Translations

Anagrams

• limuline

French

Verb

illumine

1. first-person singular present indicative of illuminer
2. third-person singular present indicative of illuminer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of illuminer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of illuminer
5. second-person singular imperative of illuminer