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resplendent |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Resplendent \Re*splen"dent\ (-dent), a. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: resplendent adj 1: having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn: {glorious}, {splendid}, {splendiferous}] 2: richly and brilliantly colorful [syn: {flamboyant}, {unrestrained}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: RESPLENDENT, adj Like a simple American citizen beduking himself in his lodge, or affirming his consequence in the Scheme of Things as an elemental unit of a parade. The Knights of Dominion were so resplendent in their velvet- and-gold that their masters would hardly have known them "Chronicles of the Classes"
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