English Explanatory Dictionary

resplendent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Shining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.
  2. Shiny and colorful, and thus pleasing to the eye; splendid in appearance.
  3. Magnificent; glorious; splendid; marked by extraordinary excellence or beauty.
  4. Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-resplendent.wav

Word forms

resplendent more resplendent most resplendent resplendant

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”).

Synonyms

refulgent brilliant dazzling gorgeous

Related words

refulgent resplend splendid splendor splendorous resplendid

Derived words

resplendence resplendency resplendently resplendent quetzal unresplendent
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