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- 1. magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur: "the barren splendour of the Lake District" Similar Opposite
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SPLENDOUR definition: 1. great beauty that attracts admiration and attention: 2. the beautiful features or qualities of…. Learn more.
Definitions of splendour. noun. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand. synonyms: brilliance, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, splendor. see more. noun. a quality that outshines the usual. synonyms: brilliancy, luster, lustre, splendor. see more.
1. uncountable noun. The splendour of something is its beautiful and impressive appearance. The foreign ministers are meeting in the splendour of the Royal Palace. 2. plural noun. The splendours of a place or way of life are its beautiful and impressive features.
[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 Dictionary. Word Origin. Check pronunciation: splendour.
Splendour definition: the state or quality of being splendid. See examples of SPLENDOUR used in a sentence.
splendour - the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on ...
Great brightness; brilliant light or lustre. α forms. c1450. In the sunne consydyr ȝe thynges thre, The splendure, the hete, and the lyght. Coventry Mysteries (Shakespeare Society) 191. 1600. When..The shining fort his goodly splendure losed. E. Fairfax, translation of T. Tasso, Godfrey of Bulloigne vii. xliv. 125. 1603.
Definitions of 'splendour' 1. The splendour of something is its beautiful and impressive appearance. [...] 2. The splendours of a place or way of life are its beautiful and impressive features. [...] More. Synonyms of 'splendour' • magnificence, glory, grandeur, show [...] • brilliance, brightness, radiance, dazzle [...] More.
SPLENDOR meaning: 1. great beauty that attracts admiration and attention: 2. the beautiful features or qualities of…. Learn more.
the quality of being extremely beautiful or luxurious: Tourists marvelled at the splendour of the medieval cathedral. (Definition of splendour from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of splendour. in Chinese (Traditional) 壯麗, 雄偉, 輝煌… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 壮丽, 雄伟, 辉煌… See more. in Spanish.
