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splendid

splen·did

UK/ˈsplɛndɪd/ US/ˈsplɛndɪd/ common

adjective

1.

having great beauty and splendor

  • “a glorious spring morning”
  • “a glorious sunset”
  • “splendid costumes”
  • “a kind of splendiferous native simplicity”
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2.

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”
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Origin

From Latin splendidus, from splendere (“to shine”) + -idus (“adjective forming suffix”).

Phrases

  • splendid fairywren
  • splendid first strike

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