Illustrious
adjective
Famous and admired for a special reason such as achievement or high quality.
He had an illustrious career in the music industry.
Often appears as...
- illustrious career
- illustrious history
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Approving
adjective
Famous and admired for a special reason such as achievement or high quality.
He had an illustrious career in the music industry.
Often appears as...
- illustrious career
- illustrious history
Usage tips
Approving
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Alive
Often describes people with lasting fame, but can also refer to memorable events or entities.
The illustrious battle is studied by historians.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Illustrious' carries a positive vibe, suggesting that the fame or quality is well-deserved and honorable.
She gave an illustrious speech that earned her much acclaim.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Significance
Used for people or achievements that have made a significant impact on history or society.
The inventor had an illustrious contribution to modern science.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Alive
Often describes people with lasting fame, but can also refer to memorable events or entities.
The illustrious battle is studied by historians.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Illustrious' carries a positive vibe, suggesting that the fame or quality is well-deserved and honorable.
She gave an illustrious speech that earned her much acclaim.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Significance
Used for people or achievements that have made a significant impact on history or society.
The inventor had an illustrious contribution to modern science.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Alive
Often describes people with lasting fame, but can also refer to memorable events or entities.
The illustrious battle is studied by historians.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
'Illustrious' carries a positive vibe, suggesting that the fame or quality is well-deserved and honorable.
She gave an illustrious speech that earned her much acclaim.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Significance
Used for people or achievements that have made a significant impact on history or society.
The inventor had an illustrious contribution to modern science.
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The day I turned down...
conference in Seattle and a guy called Marc Andreessen was demonstrating his little browser for the World Wide Web and I saw it and I thought yep that's it and the very next year in 1984 we had the conference here in Edinburgh and I had no opposition and having Tim berners-lee as the keynote speaker so that puts me in pretty illustrious
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Knives of Honor PIPE...
impeccable craftsmanship and an illustrious history but the prestige of these items can come at a high price other than money the worth of these daggers is often defined by the handle traditionally made from rhinoceros horn prized for the unique patina it exhibits
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CERN's supercollider PIPE...
Absolutely, exquisitely minute, and yet we've discovered pretty much the full set. So, one of my most illustrious forebears at Manchester University, Ernest Rutherford, discoverer of the atomic nucleus, once said, "All science is either physics
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The day I turned down...
conference in Seattle and a guy called Marc Andreessen was demonstrating his little browser for the World Wide Web and I saw it and I thought yep that's it and the very next year in 1984 we had the conference here in Edinburgh and I had no opposition and having Tim berners-lee as the keynote speaker so that puts me in pretty illustrious
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Knives of Honor PIPE...
impeccable craftsmanship and an illustrious history but the prestige of these items can come at a high price other than money the worth of these daggers is often defined by the handle traditionally made from rhinoceros horn prized for the unique patina it exhibits
Video examples
CERN's supercollider PIPE...
Absolutely, exquisitely minute, and yet we've discovered pretty much the full set. So, one of my most illustrious forebears at Manchester University, Ernest Rutherford, discoverer of the atomic nucleus, once said, "All science is either physics
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Gael Garcia Bernal
Mexican Actor
It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.
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Murray Gell-Mann
American Physicist
As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the Nobel prize.
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Edmond About
French Novelist
I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.
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Deborah Sampson
American Soldier
As an overruling providence may succeed our wishes, let us rear an offspring in every respect worthy to fill the most illustrious stations of their predecessors.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
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Bobby Deol
Indian Actor
I'm lucky to have such an illustrious family. We love each other and have immense respect for each other.
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Edmund Waller
English Poet
Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
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Aditi Rao Hydari
Indian Actress
I was born to an illustrious family in Hyderabad.
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Paul Pierce
American Athlete
I think I've had an illustrious career.
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Gael Garcia Bernal
Mexican Actor
It is quite common to meet people that live a few kilometers away from Mexico and that have never been there. We need to revive on many levels an illustrious desire to get to know the world, to learn another language, to understand and create empathy with people that live a few kilometers away from us. It's never late to do this.
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Murray Gell-Mann
American Physicist
As a theoretical physicist, I feel at once proud and humble at the thought of the illustrious figures that have preceded me here to receive the greatest of all honors in science, the Nobel prize.
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Edmond About
French Novelist
I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.
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Deborah Sampson
American Soldier
As an overruling providence may succeed our wishes, let us rear an offspring in every respect worthy to fill the most illustrious stations of their predecessors.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
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Bobby Deol
Indian Actor
I'm lucky to have such an illustrious family. We love each other and have immense respect for each other.
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Edmund Waller
English Poet
Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
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Aditi Rao Hydari
Indian Actress
I was born to an illustrious family in Hyderabad.
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Paul Pierce
American Athlete
I think I've had an illustrious career.
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