splendid

[ splen-did ]

/ ˈsplɛn dɪd /

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adjective

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

1615–25; < Latin splendidus brilliant, equivalent to splend(ēre) to shine + -idus -id⁴

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splen·did·ly, adverbsplen·did·ness, nounun·splen·did, adjectiveun·splen·did·ly, adverb

un·splen·did·ness, noun

Can be confusedsplendid splendorous

Synonym study

1. See magnificent.

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Examples from the Web for splendid

In any case, culling a manageable array from the totality of splendid volumes has with each year become more difficult.
The Best Coffee Table Books of 2014|Robert Birnbaum|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One remaining letter thanks a friend for sending some grouse and a book, the former described as “splendid.”
The True Story of ‘The Elephant Man’|Russell Saunders|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You could hardly find a vestige of the splendid railroad depots, warehouses, etc.
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But Daniel Day-Lewis is splendid as Lincoln, and Sally Field almost as good as the cunning, half-mad Mary.
Making Lincoln Sexy: Jerome Charyn’s Fictional President|Tom LeClair|March 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

What happened to the formerly addictive, splendid, elegant costume drama?
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Ismar, wishing to give his body a splendid funeral, prepared a banquet of royal bounty to increase the splendour of the obsequies.
The Danish History, Books I-IX|Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned")
Half a dozen times he rushed hither and yon, but at all times he felt the spring of the splendid toy in my hand.
Mr. Dide, His Vacation in Colorado|Lewis B. France
It is the most beautiful pulpit in all Italy, splendid alike in its decoration and its construction.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa|Edward Hutton
Nootka returned the glance as if she felt that a splendid opportunity of securing such delights for her was opening up to him.
The Walrus Hunters|R.M. Ballantyne
What, and like town-bred, ostentatious nobles; only to splendid company?
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810|Various

British Dictionary definitions for splendid

splendid

/ (ˈsplɛndɪd) /

adjective

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

Derived Formssplendidly, adverbsplendidness, noun

Word Origin for splendid

C17: from Latin splendidus, from splendēre to shine

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Word Origin and History for splendid

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.).

splendid

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