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Webster 1913 Edition

Resplendent

Re-splen′dent

(-dent)
,
Adj.
[L.
resplendens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
resplendere
to shine brightly; pref.
re-
re- +
splendere
to shine. See
Splendid
.]
Shining with brilliant luster; very bright.
–
Re-splen′dent-ly
,
adv.
With royal arras and
resplendent
gold.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Resplendent

RESPLEN'DENT

,
Adj.
[supra.] Very bright; shining with brilliant luster.
With royal arras and resplendent gold.

Definition 2024

resplendent

resplendent

English

Adjective

resplendent ‎(comparative more resplendent, superlative most resplendent)

  1. Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
    • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
      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.
  2. (mathematics) Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

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Latin

Verb

resplendent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of resplendeō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /rɪˈsplɛn.dənt/

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