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Added 9 October 2026

resplendent

/ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/ adjective

Latin root: splendere Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about resplendent at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Having great beauty and splendor.
a glorious spring morning

Origin

From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish (“to shine”), from Latin splendere (“to shine”), or from resplend + -ent, from Latin resplendere (“to shine back, glitter”).

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