So dazzlingly beautiful that it overwhelms the senses, evoking both awe and an unsettling, almost dangerous intensity. A fusion of luminous (radiant, glowing) and noxious (overpowering, potentially hazardous).
Example: The sight of the endless glowing sea under the blood-red eclipse was luminoxious—breathtakingyet terrifying in its unnatural splendor.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.