resplendent

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective having great beauty and splendor

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

glorious, splendid, splendiferous

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