Definition of: illustrious

(i·lus′trē·əs) adjective
1. Greatly distinguished; renowned.
2. Conferring luster.
3. Obs. Luminous; bright. [<L illustris <in-in + lustrum light]
—il·lus′tri·ous·ly adverb
—il·lus′tri·ous·ness noun Synonyms: celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famed, famous, glorious, honorable, honored, noble, noted, renowned. See GRAND. Antonyms: base, besmirched, degraded, despised, disgraced, dishonored, disreputable, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, notorious, stained, sullied, unhonored, unknown.

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illustrious people
illustrious citizen
illustrious women

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"illustrious" has the frequency of use of 0.0001% on city-data.com forum

"illustrious" has the frequency of use of 0.0003% on en.wikipedia.org.

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Dennis

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Very nice !! Going to visit again soon . . . oh more words, eh? I\\\'m Canajun and our FM dj\\\'s talk long like windbags compared to the curt announced more music oriented FM stations down south of the medicine line and in the States.

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