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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.
With royal arras and resplendent gold.
Definition 2024
resplendent
resplendent
English
Adjective
resplendent (comparative more resplendent, superlative most resplendent)
- 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.
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- (mathematics) Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.
Translations
shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye
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See also
- resplendid (misspelling)