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# illustrious

adjective (more illustrious, most illustrious)

«illustrious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Famous and greatly respected, for great deeds or a noble family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrious/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a famous city, king or ancestor of great fame: «the illustrious Athens»

### Examples

- The illustrious city of Athens was famed for wise men. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrious/#x1)
- The princess was of illustrious birth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrious/#x2)
- You are a citizen of illustrious Athens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrious/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «illustrious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/illustrious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«illustrious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/illustrious.html) on Mova free.