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splen⋅dif⋅er⋅ous

  [splen-dif-er-uhs]
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–adjective
splendid; magnificent; fine.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < LL splendōrifer brightness-bearing (see splendor, -fer, -ous; loss of -or prob. by shift of stress, syncope, and dissimilation) + -ous

Related forms:
splen⋅dif⋅er⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
splen⋅dif⋅er⋅ous⋅ness, noun
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splen·dif·er·ous   (splěn-dĭf'ər-əs)   
adj.  Splendid: "The working genius of American design has been . . . a refining of utilitarian purity into a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" (Jay Cocks).

[Middle English, from Medieval Latin splendiferus, from Late Latin splendōrifer : Latin splendor, splendor; see splendor + Latin -fer, -fer.]
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Word Origin & History

splendiferous 
considered a playful elaboration since its re-birth in 1843, but it was a perfectly good 15c. word, from M.L. splendorifer, from splendor (see splendor) + ferre "to bear" (see infer).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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