resplendence

Also re·splend·en·cy

[ri-splen-duhns]

noun

1. a resplendent quality or state; splendor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of resplendence¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Late Latin word resplendentia. See resplendent, -ence

Example Sentences

There are moments of tender resplendence that are as piercing as the cruelty — compassion that counterbalances the inhumanities Elwood faces.

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But Jones’ timbre perhaps gave voice to something universal, a sound to nobility and resplendence.

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It was worn and shoddy in comparison to the resplendence of the castle, but it was comfortable, and it was her.

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In painting after painting, with feline prowess, he found ways to recover compositional balance, and in the process — it was really a kind of high-wire act — he amplified the overall effect of energy and resplendence.

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Missing any grace note of gaucheness to save it from its own shameless resplendence, it is a picture that clearly has designs on you.

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