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splendour(dictionary)

splendour (iou)



splendour noun & verb. Also *splendor. LME.
[Old & mod. French splendeur, -or or Latin splendor, from splendere be bright, shine: see -OUR.]
A. noun.
Great or dazzling brightness, brilliance. LME.
Sir W. Scott His bright blue eye..shone with uncommon keenness and splendour. R. L. Stevenson The sun rises with a different splendour in America.
Magnificence; sumptuous or ornate display; impressive or imposing character; a magnificent feature, object, etc. E17.
N. Hawthorne Gold-laced cocked hats and other splendors. P. Campbell The curtain material was almost royal in its splendour. M. Marrin The chateau had been built in..imitation of Versailles, but all its splendour had long since been lost.
Distinction, eminence, glory. E17.
Phrases: sun in his splendour, sun in splendour: see SUN noun1 7.
b. verb. rare.
verb intrans. Move with splendour. M19.
verb trans. Make splendid. M19.
splendorous adjective full of splendour L16.