splendor
noun
brilliant or gorgeous appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificence.
splendrous
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a word derived from
splendor.
Example Sentences
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Conversely, an expression of utmost anguish mitigates the authority suggested by the splendrous vestments of Monsignor James Loughlin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week, when Maria Christina had lain in state for two days, her corpse was taken for burial to a most splendrous place, called "The Dump."
From Time Magazine Archive
Whatever the event there would be no slightest break in that splendrous super-human continuity which endures, not the King but the Crown.
From Time Magazine Archive
Paris of Japan' splendrous old Kyoto, still the citadel of Buddhist culture, came three smart sons last week.
From Time Magazine Archive
But where the rills ran off to the continuous swamps the leafage started up in splendrous versatility.
From The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times by George Alfred Townsend
