resplendent
adjective/rɪˈsplendənt/
/rɪˈsplendənt/
(formal or literary)- resplendent (in something) brightly coloured in an impressive way
- He glimpsed Sonia, resplendent in a red dress.
- the resplendent tail of the male peacock
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin resplendent- ‘shining out’, from the verb resplendere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + splendere ‘to glitter’.Definitions on the go
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