splendour

US splendor

/ (ˈsplɛndə) /

noun

the state or quality of being splendid

sun in splendour heraldry a representation of the sun with rays and a human face

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What does "scattergood" mean?

a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.

a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.

a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.

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Derived forms of splendour

splendorous or splendrous (ˈsplɛndrəs), adjective

Words nearby splendour

splenalgia, splendent, splendid, splendiferous, splendor, splendour, splenectomy, splenectopia, splenetic, splenic, splenic anemia

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Example sentences from the Web for splendour

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")
Nothing in nature can exceed in splendour the plumage of the sugar-bird.
The Giraffe Hunters|Mayne Reid
But they are bursting with glorious song, because of their sense of the splendour of God.
The Potter and the Clay|Arthur F. Winnington Ingram
Such was the wealth, the splendour, and luxury of the proud city of Goa—the Empress of the East at the time we are now describing.
The Phantom Ship|Frederick Marryat

Every kind of splendour seemed to mingle there, forming a strange sort of twilight.
Toilers of the Sea|Victor Hugo

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