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splen·dour
(splĕn′dər)n. Chiefly British
Variant of splendor.
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splendour
(ˈsplɛndə) orsplendor
n
1. the state or quality of being splendid
2. (Heraldry) sun in splendour heraldry a representation of the sun with rays and a human face
ˈsplendorous, splendrous adj
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Noun | 1. | splendour - a quality that outshines the usual brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white |
2. | splendour - the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" eclat - brilliant or conspicuous success or effect; "the eclat of a great achievement" |
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splendour
noun
1. magnificence, glory, grandeur, show, display, ceremony, luxury, spectacle, majesty, richness, nobility, pomp, opulence, solemnity, éclat, gorgeousness, sumptuousness, stateliness, resplendence, luxuriousness They met in the splendour of the hotel.
magnificence squalor, meanness, poverty, simplicity, ordinariness, plainness, tawdriness
magnificence squalor, meanness, poverty, simplicity, ordinariness, plainness, tawdriness
2. brilliance, brightness, radiance, dazzle, lustre, effulgence, refulgence We were led through the fairy-lit splendour of the centre.
brilliance dullness
brilliance dullness
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Translations
بَهاء، رَوْعَه، فَخامَه
nádhera
pragt
tündöklõ ragyogás
glæsibragur
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splendour
, (US) splendorCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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splendid
(ˈsplendid) adjective1. brilliant, magnificent, very rich and grand etc. He looked splendid in his robes.
2. very good or fine. a splendid piece of work.
ˈsplendidly adverbˈsplendour (-də) noun
ˈsplendidness noun
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