luminiferous

From Latin lumen, lumin- (“light”, noun) +‎ -ferous [from ferre (“to bear, carry”, verb) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives)].

• Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

luminiferous (comparative more luminiferous, superlative most luminiferous)

1. Producing or transmitting light; luminous.

• luminiferous aether

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “luminiferous”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.