glorious
glo·rious
adjective
1.
having or deserving or conferring glory
- “a long and glorious career”
- “our glorious literature”
2.
- “redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance”
- “born of a redoubtable family”
3.
4.
characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur
- “the brilliant court life at Versailles”
- “a glorious work of art”
- “magnificent cathedrals”
- “the splendid coronation ceremony”
Origin
From Middle English glorious, from Anglo-Norman glorius and Old French glorïos, from Latin glōriōsus. Displaced native Middle English wulderful, from Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”), among other terms. Equivalent to glory + -ous.
Phrases
- Glorious Twelfth
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See also
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