luminary
Roget category 423
3. Words relating to matter› 3.3. Organic matter
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#423.
[Source of light, self-luminous body.]
Luminary
noun
luminary — light etc. 420 — flame etc. (fire) 382.spark, scintilla — phosphorescence, fluorescence.
sun, orb of day, Phoebus, Apollo†, Aurora — star, orb — meteor, falling star, shooting star — blazing star, dog star, Sirius — canicula, Aldebaran† — constellation, galaxy — zodiacal light — anthelion† — day star, morning star — Lucifer — mock sun, parhelion — phosphor, phosphorus — sun dog† — Venus.
aurora, polar lights — northern lights, aurora borealis — southern lights, aurora australis.
lightning — chain lightning, fork lightning, sheet lightning, summer lightning — ball lightning, kugelblitz [G.] — [chemical substances giving off light without burning] phosphorus, yellow phosphorus — scintillator, phosphor — firefly luminescence.
ignis fatuus [Lat.] — Jack o'lantern, Friar's lantern — will-o'-the-wisp, firedrake†, Fata Morgana [Lat.] — Saint Elmo's fire.
[luminous insects] glowworm, firefly, June bug, lightning bug.
[luminous fish] anglerfish.
[Artificial light] gas — gas light, lime light, lantern, lanthorn† — dark lantern, bull's-eye — candle, bougie [Fr.], taper, rushlight — oil etc. (grease) 356 — wick, burner — Argand†, moderator, duplex — torch, flambeau, link, brand — gaselier†, chandelier, electrolier†, candelabrum, candelabra, girandole†, sconce, luster, candlestick.
[non-combustion based light sources] lamp, light — incandescent lamp, tungsten bulb, light bulb — flashlight, torch [Brit.] — arc light — laser — [microwave radiation]; maser neon bulb, neon sign — fluorescent lamp.
[parts of a light bulb] filament — socket — contacts — filler gas.
firework, fizgig† — pyrotechnics — rocket, lighthouse etc. (signal) 550.
verb
illuminate etc. (light) 420.adjective
self-luminous, glowing — phosphoric†, phosphorescent, fluorescent — incandescent — luminescent, chemiluminescent — radiant etc. (light) 420.phrase
blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels" [Longfellow]; the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky" [Campbell]; the planets in their station list'ning stood" [Paradise Lost]; the Scriptures of the skies" [Bailey]; that orbed continent, the fire that severs day from that orbed continent, the fire that severs day from night" [Twelfth Night].The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.
Bold numbers signify related Roget categories. A dagger symbol (†) indicates archaic words and expressions no longer in common use.
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