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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Seest not the sheen Of links their splendent tresses fling?
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Vpon hir Eares did hang two Sumptuous and Riche orientall Pearles, which to the artificiall order of hir hayre added a certen splendent brightnes.
From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by Painter, William
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 Zweig, Stefan
It has lofty galleries; wherefrom dames of honour, splendent in gaze d'or; foreign Diplomacies, and other gilt-edged white-frilled individuals to the number of two thousand,—may sit and look.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
And so the tiny Cadet-drillings have ended; long Files of Giants, splendent in gold-lace and grenadier-caps, have succeeded; and earnest work instead of mimic, in that matter, has begun.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Carlyle, Thomas
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