splendorous

Splendid, having splendor.

Adjective

  1. Splendid, having splendor.
    • Ensconced in his attentiveness, she was the splendorous sun around which his life revolved. - 2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 215:

Origin

Etymology tree English splendor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ōtsos or *-otsos Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English splendorous From splendor + -ous.

Forms

more splendorous most splendorous

Synonyms

splendrous

Derived

splendorously