luminio
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From luminare (“to shine”) + -io (frequentative).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
luminio m (plural luminii)
- (literary, rare) shimmer, glimmer
- 1938, Riccardo Bacchelli, Dio ti salvi [May God Save You], Mondadori, published 1963, page 137:
- […] luminio brillante, duro, cieco come uno specchio.
- […] a harsh, bright shimmer [of eyes], blind like a mirror.