gloriosa
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of gloriosa
New Latin, from Latin gloriosus glorious
Example Sentences
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But my finest discovery here was the Cicindela gloriosa, which I found on mossy stones just rising above the water.
From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel
"Ha! not a gloriosa," he said animatedly, as he snooped over the little greenish thing in the frump's hand.
From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry
The arms over the court-room door have the motto Pange lingua gloriosa, which is accounted for by the fact that this copy of the clerks' heraldic achievement formerly stood over the organ in the hall.
From The Parish Clerk by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
Res gloriosa is an illustrious thing; but vir gloriosus is commonly a braggart, as in miles gloriosus.
From Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 by Johnson, Samuel
The puella of Antiquity, the noble dame of feudal days, is succeeded in Latin countries, In Italy, and France, and Spain, and Portugal, by the gloriosa donna imitated from.
From Euphorion Being Studies of the Antique and the Mediaeval in the Renaissance - Vol. II by Lee, Vernon
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