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resplendent

adj
/ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from resplendere — “to shine back, glitter”
  2. derived from splendere — “to shine”
  3. derived from verb splendish — “to shine”

Definitions

  1. Shining brilliantly

    Shining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.

    • The resplendent sun rose over the horizon.
    • The resplendent sun / Shone forth in all his glory.

  2. Shiny and colorful, and thus pleasing to the eye

    Shiny and colorful, and thus pleasing to the eye; splendid in appearance.

    • The peacock displayed its resplendent plumage.
    • 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.
    • Some birds are feathered tufts of color so resplendent that they stand out brilliantly from their surroundings.

  3. Magnificent

    Magnificent; glorious; splendid; marked by extraordinary excellence or beauty.

    • The queen appeared in resplendent majesty.
    • They celebrated their resplendent victory.
    • His career was resplendent with achievements.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

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Derived

resplendence, resplendency, resplendently, resplendent quetzal, unresplendent

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at resplendent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at resplendent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at resplendent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA