resplendent

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English

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Etymology

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From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish (to shine), from Latin splendere (to shine), or from resplend +‎ -ent, from Latin resplendere.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/

Adjective

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resplendent (comparative more resplendent, superlative most resplendent)

  1. Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
    • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
      Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.
  2. (mathematics) Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.
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Latin

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Verb

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resplendent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of resplendeō