splendour
noun/ˈsplendə(r)/
/ˈsplendər/
(US English splendor)
- [uncountable] grand and impressive beauty synonym grandeur
- The room has a view of Rheims Cathedral, in all its splendour.
- The palace has been restored to its former splendour.
Extra Examples- It will take a lot of repair work before the building regains its former splendour.
- No other palace could match the splendour of the Taj Mahal.
- The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.
- The hotel has the splendour of a 19th-century mansion.
- The house has been restored to its original splendour.
- There below lay Paris in all its splendour.
- They dined in a special suite in glorious splendour.
- They have restored the building to its former Victorian splendour.
- a castle of great splendour
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- glorious
- great
- …
- have
- lose
- match
- …
- in splendour
- in somebody’s/something’s splendour
- of splendour
- …
- in solitary splendour
- splendours[plural] the beautiful and impressive features or qualities of something, especially a place
- the splendours of Rome (= its fine buildings, etc.)
- I've only just discovered the splendours of the English countryside.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- glorious
- great
- …
- have
- lose
- match
- …
- in splendour
- in somebody’s/something’s splendour
- of splendour
- …
- in solitary splendour
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French splendur or Latin splendor, from splendere ‘shine, be bright’.
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