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Word of the Day – Resplendent

By July 14, 2019Word of the Day

Respeldent (adj)

res-plen-dent

Attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous.

Late Middle English from Latin resplendent- ‘shining out’, from the verb resplendere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + splendere ‘to glitter’.

Example sentences

“The garden looked resplendent in the summer sunshine.”

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