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resplendent

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re⋅splend⋅ent

  [ri-splen-duhnt]
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–adjective
shining brilliantly; gleaming; splendid: troops resplendent in white uniforms; resplendent virtues.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L resplendent- (s. of resplendēns), prp. of resplendēre to shine brightly, equiv. to re- re- + splend(ēre) shine (see splendor ) + -ent- -ent

Related forms:
re⋅splend⋅ent⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
radiant; dazzling, gorgeous, magnificent.
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re·splen·dent   (rĭ-splěn'dənt)   
adj.  Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin resplendēns, resplendent-, present participle of resplendēre, to shine brightly : re-, re- + splendēre, to shine.]
re·splen'dence, re·splen'den·cy n., re·splen'dent·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

resplendent 
1448, from L. resplendentem (nom. resplendens) "brilliant, radiant," prp. of resplendere "to glitter, shine," from re-, intensive prefix, + splendere "to shine, be splendid" (see splendid).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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