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splendid

[splen-did]

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adjective

gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous. Synonyms: luxurious, dazzling, imposing. Antonyms: squalid.

grand; superb, as beauty. Synonyms: majestic, elegant, first-rate.

distinguished or glorious, as a name, reputation, victory, etc. Synonyms: renowned, famed, famous, illustrious, eminent, conspicuous, celebrated, remarkable, brilliant; noble. Antonyms: ordinary, unremarkable, mediocre; ignoble.

strikingly admirable or fine: splendid talents. Antonyms: modest, poor.

excellent, fine, or very good: to have a splendid time.

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brilliant in appearance, color, etc. Antonyms: dull, drab.

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Origin:
1615–25; < Latin splendidus brilliant, equivalent to splend(ēre) to shine + -idus -id⁴

Related forms

splen·did·ly, adverb

splen·did·ness, noun

un·splen·did, adjective

un·splen·did·ly, adverb

un·splen·did·ness, noun

Can be confused: splendid, splendorous.

Synonyms
1. Magnificent, gorgeous, splendid, superb are terms of high admiration and all are used informally in weak exaggeration. Something that is magnificent is beautiful, princely, grand, or ostentatious: a magnificent display of paintings; a magnificent view of the harbor. Something gorgeous moves one to admiration of its richness and the (often colorful) variety of its effects: a gorgeous array of handsome gifts. Anything worthy of being described as splendid is dazzling or impressive in its brilliance, radiance, or excellence: splendid jewels; a splendid body of scholars. And if something is superb, it is of the highest degree of, or above others in, excellence, elegance, or (less often, today) grandeur: a superb concert; superb wines.

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Example Sentences

Rolling hills, breathtaking gorges, and splendid lakes offer countless outdoor activities.

Insight guides make a feature of their splendid photographs.

Architecture of splendid proportions, the last remnants of a departed life.

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Rolling hills, breathtaking gorges, and splendid lakes offer countless outdoor activities.

Insight guides make a feature of their splendid photographs.

Architecture of splendid proportions, the last remnants of a departed life.

The produce that is grown this way is realy splendid.

Haupt, made possible the splendid garden that bears her name.

It's a lively accent for simply cooked meat or poultry, splendid as a condiment for curry, and intriguing in a ham sandwich.

We keep making more and more splendid mirrors with these sophisticated technologies.

Scholarship need not be carried out in splendid isolation.

It would be splendid to take politics out of the choices for top international jobs, but it is also unrealistic.

Friends and family pack their picnic baskets and enjoy their time together whilst negotiating the splendid labyrinth.

C hinese native is a splendid cut flower and an effective bedding plant when well grown and free of disease.

The members of each guild, looking quite splendid in their matching outfits, lined up for inspection.

There are cases that these things turn out splendidly--then others that are not so splendid.

They then slit his throat, buried his corpse, and built a splendid shrine over it.

Most splendid of all is the ruler of the city who is now being carried in by six pallbearers.

For instance, with drainage holes added, the concrete birdbath at left makes a splendid container.

No such fun, merriment, and grounds for yet another splendid university sea story when you glare at the rather uninspiring screen.

Every spring bulb is a perfect package, containing everything necessary for a splendid spring flower show.

Excellent craftsmanship is also a necessity in making the splendid replicas.

Despite its grandeur, it compliments rather than distracts from its splendid setting.

The immense resources of the country are wasted, and its splendid capabilities neglected.

Yet the city is now hosting a splendid exhibition that reaffirms the important link.

Awash in fog and rain, the park sustains a splendid contrast between its wild.

Numerous towns were built there, between which splendid roads extended across the country.

Next week it will be a splendid occasion for a package holiday.

Most of the country's splendid snowcapped volcanoes, lush jungles, and white sand.

Against many splendid successes applied science has to offset one conspicuous failure.

There are some splendid anecdotes from the interviewees.

They did such a splendid job that by the time they were.

They act as though these ideas appeared in splendid detachment from all previous human thought.

Even in the humanities, splendid prose is seen as a lack of seriousness.

Bangalore has replaced its dilapidated airport with a splendid new one, with the help of some private money.

However, subsequent scientifi c studies fi nd that leaders are not exceptionally brilliant, splendid speakers or highly energetic.

It's filled with coral and fish, plus the occasional urchin–the ocean around us in splendid microcosm.

It makes a splendid background for bright flowers of other plants and is tough enough to use as a bank or berm cover.

Many more popular overthrows that at first seemed splendid have turned out badly.

Bushmen have not been living in splendid isolation as hunter-gatherers for some time now.

Well, as of today, here is another splendid opportunity.

In season, a splendid array of roses greets visitors.

Yet the city is now hosting a splendid exhibition that reaffirms the important link between the two.

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World English Dictionary

splendid (ˈsplɛndɪd)

—*adj*
1.	brilliant or fine, esp in appearance
2.	characterized by magnificence; imposing
3.	glorious or illustrious: a splendid reputation
4.	brightly gleaming; radiant: her splendid face; splendid colours
5.	very good or satisfactory: a splendid time

[C17: from Latin splendidus, from splendēre to shine]

'splendidly

—*adv*

'splendidness

—n

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Word Origin & History

splendid

1620s, probably a shortening of earlier splendidious (early 15c.), from L. splendidus "magnificent, brilliant," from splendere "be bright, shine, gleam, glisten," from PIE *(s)plend- "bright" (cf, Lith. splendziu "I shine," M.Ir. lainn "bright"). An earlier form was splendent (late 15c.).

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