il·lus·tri·ous

(ĭ-lŭs′trē-əs)

adj.

1. Well known and very distinguished; eminent. See Synonyms at famous.

2. Obsolete Shining brightly.

[From Latin illūstris, from illūstrāre, to give glory to, shine upon; see illustrate.]

il·lus′tri·ous·ly adv.

il·lus′tri·ous·ness n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

illustriousness - the property possessed by something or someone of outstanding importance or eminence

greatness

importance - the quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet"

illustriousness

noun

A position of exalted widely recognized importance:

distinction, eminence, eminency, fame, glory, luster, mark, notability, note, preeminence, prestige, prominence, prominency, renown.

Translations

شُهْرَه

proslulost

berømmelse

Berühmtheit

gloire

nevezetesség

frægî

şöhretünlü olma

杰出

illustrious

(iˈlastriəs) adjective

of a very high quality, ability etc; famous. an illustrious career; He is the most illustrious of a famous family.

ilˈlustriousness noun

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References in classic literature

There were some prophets and patriarchs there that ours ain't a circumstance to, for rank and illustriousness and all that.

View in context

When he praises the writing function of the brush, he says "its movements respond to hands and follow hearts; illustriousness splashes like lights and scatters like stars" ([TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]) (Yan 1958: 45.1716).

Origins of verisimilitude: a reconsideration of medieval chinese literary history

The papacy, he claimed, would do little to unite Italy, much less create a nation that would restore Italians to the grandeur and illustriousness of ancient Rome (83).

Consuming the view: tourism, Rome, and the topos of the Eternal City

Because such illustriousness makes it difficult for a serious biographer to distinguish between fact and myth Rottenberg had to exhaustively sift through Slade's life from his Illinois birth in 1831 to the after-effects of his pointless and ironic death by execution.

Death of a Gunfighter: The Quest for Jack Slade The West's Most Elusive Legend

common lives, endowing them with the glows and glories and final illustriousness which belong to every real thing, and to real things only'.

Talk about the party: conversations with the SWP