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
And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.
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Numberless crowded streets—high growths of iron, slender, strong, light, splendidly uprising toward clear skies.
A double biography of Rommel and Montgomery, foes in North Africa in World War II, splendidly brings both military men to life.
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Over time, he became a street artist himself: the splendidly named Mr. Brainwash.
Historical Examples
Her mother thought she had never heard her sing so splendidly before.
Weighed and WantingGeorge MacDonald
Michael Angelo and Raphael could work as splendidly as they desired.
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
Then came a fine troop all in red, nobly and splendidly clad.
Albert DurerT. Sturge Moore
The day began so splendidly, so big with promise of great ideas.
The HarborErnest Poole
The river-god entertained him splendidly, and thanked him as best he knew how.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
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 splendidly
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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