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lustro

Pronunciation: [ˈɫuːs.troː]

“lustro” is a Latin word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to purify by means of a propitiatory sacrifice
  2. to circle, move in a circle around. (because the priest offering such sacrifice did so)
  3. to wander over, traverse, roam
  4. to review, examine
  5. to review, survey, observe, examine, reconnoiter, search, track, trace
  6. to illuminate, make bright. (circling celestial bodies: sun, moon etc.)

noun

  1. frequenter of brothels/places of ill repute
  2. vagabond, wanderer, roamer

Etymology

From lūstrum (“a purificatory sacrifice”) + -ō.

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