Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Brilliant with light or color; radiant: a splendid field of poppies.
- adj. Imposing by reason of showiness or grandeur; magnificent: splendid costumes.
- adj. Admired by many; illustrious: splendid achievements.
- adj. Admirable for boldness or purity; surpassing: splendid character.
- adj. Very good or satisfying; praiseworthy: a splendid performance in the examinations.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Shining; brilliant; specifically, in entomology, having brilliant metallic colors; splendent.
- Brilliant; dazzling; gorgeous; sumptuous: as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession.
- Conspicuous; illustrious; grand; heroic; brilliant; noble; glorious: as, a splendid victory; a splendid reputation.
- Very fine; excellent; extremely good: as, a splendid chance to make a fortune.
- Synonyms Magnificent, Superb, etc. See grand.
- Eminent, remarkable, distinguished, famous.
Wiktionary
- adj. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun.
- adj. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid palace; a splendid procession or pageant.
- adj. Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a splendid victory or reputation.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright.
- adj. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous.
- adj. Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having great beauty and splendor
- adj. characterized by grandeur
- adj. very good;of the highest quality
Etymologies
- From Latin splendidus, from splendere (“to shine”) + -idus (“adjective forming suffix”). (Wiktionary)
- Latin splendidus, from splendēre, to shine. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“That was as splendid as this, but it wasn't as _splendid_ splendid.”
“Oh, isn't it splendid, _splendid_! that papa will get well! ”
“Interestingly enough, it was a Canadian who coined the phrase "splendid isolation.”
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“That's what I call splendid behavior; that's a man worthy to be called a gentleman.”
“I think that he, too, has been deluded by what you call my splendid semblance.”
“It is a youth who dares be radical, who dares, in splendid largess, build mistake upon mistake, bleeding his life out in service.”
“Though in splendid physical trim, a thirty-six-hour trick at the wheel was the limit of my endurance.”
“I was twenty-one years old, and in splendid physical condition.”
“A cold drizzle was falling, but he bared his head to it and unbuttoned his vest, swinging along in splendid unconcern.”
“The good thing about dealing with a crime here is the excellent CCTV system, with sharp images and all in splendid colour.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘splendid’.
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Fairylike
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henryar's list
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Awesome Pronunciations
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I am : grand
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pretentious words i have used or hope...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and ...
Words that, as I see it, have some fond connection to the Alice stories through their creation or particular use by Lewis Carroll. I mean to tie them all together with contexty comments!
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Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
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slumry's Words
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Tweets
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howlettman Absolutely splendid chaps. Feb 16, 2012
sonofgroucho What a splendid word this is! Oct 8, 2007