resplendent.
Shining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.
Meaning & usage
Shining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.
The resplendent sun rose over the horizon.
Shiny and colorful, and thus pleasing to the eye; splendid in appearance.
The peacock displayed its resplendent plumage.
Magnificent; glorious; splendid; marked by extraordinary excellence or beauty.
The queen appeared in resplendent majesty.
They celebrated their resplendent victory.
Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.
Where this word comes from
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”).
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