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What is the adjective for luminaries?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb lumine which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

luminous
  1. emitting light; glowing brightly
  2. brightly illuminated
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “For an instant, he was dazzled by the luminous glint of the gold bracelet.”
      “Subsequently, he carved out a luminous career with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.”
      “Here, with searching honesty, described in a luminous prose style, he tells of his heart torn between groping towards God and living for decadence.”
luminiferous
  1. Producing, or transmitting light; luminous.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Thus, with a swiftness approaching the speed of light itself, the luminiferous ether entered the graveyard of discredited scientific ideas.”
      “For many years the luminiferous medium was identified with the isotropic solid of the theory of elasticity.”
      “Called the ether, or the luminiferous ether, this medium was thought to permeate all of space.”
luminant
  1. That illuminates; luminous
  2. Examples:
    1. Luminant, a giant power generation company, plans to take two units of its 1970s-era Monticoalo coal plant in Northeast Texas out of service in January because of the rule.”
      “Lou Prisco from GVA Williams repped Luminant and the building's owner, 114 West 26th Street Associates, a Greyblock affiliate.”
      “Shell and Luminant will also explore the use of compressed air storage, in which excess power could be used to pump air underground for later use in generating electricity.”
lumined
  1. simple past tense and past participle of lumine
lumining
  1. present participle of lumine
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