loisto

Finnish

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Definitions
  • glitter, gleam, shine
  • (nautical) A beacon equipped with light, often showing different colours to different directions and blinking according to a recognizable pattern.
  • luxury, often as modifier in compound terms.
  • splendor, glory

Etymology

Suffix from Finnish loistaa (shine, glitter).

Origin

Finnish

loistaa

Gloss

shine, glitter

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji
🌟 ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 💡 🔦 🕯️

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