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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESPLEN'DENT, a. [supra.] Very bright; shining with brilliant luster.
With royal arras and resplendent gold.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity" [syn: glorious, resplendent, splendid, splendiferous]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin resplendent-, resplendens, present participle of resplend?re to shine back, from re- + splend?re to shine — more at splendid Date: 15th century shining brilliantly ; characterized by a glowing splendor <meadows resplendent with wildflowers — Outdoor World> Synonyms: see splendid • resplendently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. brilliant, dazzlingly or gloriously bright. Derivatives: resplendence n. resplendency n. resplendently adv. Etymology: ME f. L resplendere (as RE-, splendere glitter)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Resplendent Re*splen"dent (-dent), a. [L. resplendens, -entis, p. pr. of resplendere to shine brightly; pref. re- re- + splendere to shine. See Splendid.] Shining with brilliant luster; very bright. -- Re*splen"dent*ly, adv. With royal arras and resplendent gold. --Spenser.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe someone or something as resplendent, you mean that their appearance is very impressive and expensive-looking. (FORMAL) Bessie, resplendent in royal blue velvet, was hovering beside the table. ADJ: oft ADJ in n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Brilliant, splendid, shining, luminous, beaming, effulgent, bright, lucid, glorious, gorgeous, glittering.

Moby Thesaurus

beaming, bedazzling, blazing, blinding, blooming, bright, bright and shining, brilliant, charismatic, dazzling, devastating, divine, effulgent, flamboyant, flaming, fulgent, fulgid, garish, glamorous, glaring, glary, glorious, glowing, gorgeous, heavenly, illustrious, killing, lustrous, magic, magnificent, numinous, proud, radiant, raving, ravishing, refulgent, shining, sparkling, splendent, splendid, splendiferous, splendorous, splendrous, stunning, sublime, superb, vivid