resplendent

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/

Definition of resplendent

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Shining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.
    “The resplendent sun rose over the horizon.”
    “The resplendent sun / Shone forth in all his glory.”
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adj

  1. Shining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.
    “The resplendent sun rose over the horizon.”
    “The resplendent sun / Shone forth in all his glory.”
  2. Shiny and colorful, and thus pleasing to the eye; splendid in appearance.
    “The peacock displayed its resplendent plumage.”
    “Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.”
    “Some birds are feathered tufts of color so resplendent that they stand out brilliantly from their surroundings.”
  3. (figuratively)Magnificent; glorious; splendid; marked by extraordinary excellence or beauty.
    “The queen appeared in resplendent majesty.”
    “They celebrated their resplendent victory.”
    “His career was resplendent with achievements.”
    “The resplendent achievements of the English navy.”
  4. Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish (“to shine”), from Latin splendere (“to shine”), or from resplend + -ent, from Latin resplendere (“to shine back, glitter”).

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