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splendidness |
splendidous |
splendiferous |
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splendorous |
splendour
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splendour
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun splendour has 2 senses
- splendour(n = noun.attribute) brilliancy, luster, lustre, splendor - a quality that outshines the usual; Array is a kind of brightness
- splendour(n = noun.attribute) brilliance, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendor - the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" is a kind of elegance
has particulars: eclat
OXFORD DICTIONARY
splendour, n. (US splendor)
1 great or dazzling brightness.
2 magnificence; grandeur.
1 great or dazzling brightness.
2 magnificence; grandeur.
Etymology
ME f. AF splendeur or L splendor (as SPLENDENT)
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