splendent
Americanadjective
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shining or radiant, as the sun.
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gleaming or lustrous, as metal, marble, etc.
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brilliant in appearance, color, etc.; gorgeous; magnificent; splendid.
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eminent; illustrious.
adjective
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shining brightly; lustrous
a splendent sun
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famous; illustrious
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of splendent
1425–75; late Middle English < Latin splendent- (stem of splendēns ), present participle of splendēre to shine; see -ent
Example Sentences
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O she was worthy to be Queene of heaven; Her beauty, e're it suffred violence, Was like the Sunne in his Meridian Throne, Too splendent for weake eyes to gaze upon.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
Radiant and serene, in the boundless calm of the heavens, the splendent lanterns seemed suspended on stationary craft peacefully rocked at anchor.
From The Strollers by Harrison Fisher
He stood quite still, a figure orgulous and splendent.
From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Sir Max Beerbohm
Those who know thee—once splendent in power and in pelf, King erstwhile in Zion—uplifting the hand, Shall curse thee, Zedekiah.
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Stefan Zweig
I looked, and saw: before her, cast from unseen heavenly mirror, stood the reflection of herself, and beside it a form of splendent beauty, She trembled, and sank again on the floor helpless.
From Lilith, a romance by George MacDonald
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