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splendiferous

adj
/splɛnˈdɪfəɹəs/

Etymology

From Middle English splendiferous, from Medieval Latin splendiferus + -ous, from Late Latin splendōrifer, from Latin splendor + -fer (“bearing”). Reintroduced humorously into English c. 1837.

  1. derived from splendor
  2. derived from splendōrifer
  3. derived from splendiferus
  4. inherited from splendiferous

Definitions

  1. Beautiful, splendid.

    • Oh ! you splendiferous creatur’! you anngeliferous anngel! here am I, Ralph Stackpole the Screamer[…]
    • And I'd like to have a large house and a splendiferous garden, and then you could all come and live with me, and we would play in the garden, and Dorry should have turkey five times a day if he liked.
    • "[…]I want to write something most splendiferous to-day, and I am sure to find it in your face. I have ceased to be an original writer; all the purple patches are cribbed from you."

The neighborhood

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