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glorious

glo·rious

UK/ˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/ US/ˈɡloɹ.i.əs/ common

adjective

1.

having or deserving or conferring glory

  • “a long and glorious career”
  • “our glorious literature”
2.

having or worthy of pride

  • “redoubtable scholar of the Renaissance”
  • “born of a redoubtable family”
3.

bringing great happiness and thankfulness

  • “glorious freedom”
  • “glorious times”
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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”
5.

having great beauty and splendor

  • “a glorious spring morning”
  • “a glorious sunset”
  • “splendid costumes”
  • “a kind of splendiferous native simplicity”

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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