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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