splendor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Great light, luster or brilliance.

   What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.

2. 2
   noun

   Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.

   The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.

3. 3
   noun

   the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

4. 4
   noun

   a quality that outshines the usual

Common collocations

• imperial splendor Adjective + noun

From Anglo-Norman splendur, splendour, or directly from its source Latin splendor, from the verb splendeō (“to shine”).

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