splendid
[splen-did]
- gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous.
- grand; superb, as beauty.
- distinguished or glorious, as a name, reputation, victory, etc.
- strikingly admirable or fine: splendid talents.
- excellent, fine, or very good: to have a splendid time.
- brilliant in appearance, color, etc.
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Origin of splendid
Synonym study
1. See magnificent.
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Contemporary Examples
In any case, culling a manageable array from the totality of splendid volumes has with each year become more difficult.
One remaining letter thanks a friend for sending some grouse and a book, the former described as “splendid.”
You could hardly find a vestige of the splendid railroad depots, warehouses, etc.
But Daniel Day-Lewis is splendid as Lincoln, and Sally Field almost as good as the cunning, half-mad Mary.
What happened to the formerly addictive, splendid, elegant costume drama?
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February 24, 2014
Historical Examples
Rested at Paney, as the horses were very tired, and there was splendid feed for them.
Explorations in AustraliaJohn Forrest
They did their work, they left us the splendid heritage we now enjoy.
His residence is at the Porte, where he has one of the splendid palaces.
"You are in splendid condition, Elfreda," praised Mrs. Gray.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
To the conquest of fear this splendid universalism is another essential.
The Conquest of FearBasil King
splendid
- brilliant or fine, esp in appearance
- characterized by magnificence; imposing
- glorious or illustriousa splendid reputation
- brightly gleaming; radianther splendid face; splendid colours
- very good or satisfactorya splendid time
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin splendidus, from splendēre to shine
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Word Origin and History for splendid
adj.
1620s, probably a shortening of earlier splendidious (early 15c.), from Latin splendidus "magnificent, brilliant," from splendere "be bright, shine, gleam, glisten," from PIE *(s)plend- "bright" (cf. Lithuanian splendziu "I shine," Middle Irish lainn "bright"). An earlier form was splendent (late 15c.).
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