resplendent
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- having great beauty and splendor“a glorious spring morning”“a glorious sunset”“splendid costumes”“a kind of splendiferous native simplicity”Synonyms: glorioussplendidsplendiferous
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Resplendent \Re*splen"dent\ (-dent), a. [L. resplendens, -entis, p. pr. of resplendere to shine brightly; pref. re- re- + splendere to shine. See Splendid.] Shining with brilliant luster; very bright. -- Re*splen"dent*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
With royal arras and resplendent gold. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The Devil's Dictionary
RESPLENDENT, adj. Like a simple American citizen beduking himself in his lodge, or affirming his consequence in the Scheme of Things as an elemental unit of a parade.
The Knights of Dominion were so resplendent in their velvet- and-gold that their masters would hardly have known them. "Chronicles of the Classes"