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splendent, a.|ˈsplɛndənt|
[a. L. splendent-, splendens, pres. pple. of splendēre to be bright or shining. So It. splendente, -iente, Sp. and Pg. esplendente, OF. esplendent.]
1. Shining brightly by virtue of inherent light.
1474in Coventry Leet Book (1908) 393 O splendent Creator!..More bryghter then Phebus, excedent all lyght! 1503Hawes Examp. Virt. i. 6 Whan the golden sterres clere were splendent. 1583B. Melbancke Philotimus X ij b, The same Ioue whiche giues the Sun his splendent globe, hath giuen the Moone..her horned head. 1605Tryall Chev. iii. iii. in Bullen O. Pl. III. 314 Like the Sunne in his Meridian Throne, Too splendent for weake eyes to gaze upon. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 233 As is very observable in their red and splendent Planets, that is of Mars and Venus. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies iii. ii. 437 Kepler has noted a Splendent Air in the day-time. 1812Cary Dante, Parad. ix. 14 Another of those splendent forms approach'd. 1876J. Ellis Caesar in Egypt 120 Their splendent world of light they permeate.
fig.1609Ev. Woman in Hum. v. i. in Bullen O. Pl. IV, Be stars to Firmaments, and, as you are Splendent, so be fixed, not wandering.
b. Of rays, light, etc.
1509Parl. Deuylles B iv b, With aungelles to synge in lyght splendent. c1605Rowley Birth Merlin iv. v, Again, behold from the igniferous body Seven splendent and illustrious rays are spread. 1676Phil. Trans. XI. 744 It will for all this resume a splendent brightness even in the cold water itself. 1758Ibid. LI. 253 Its light was most surprisingly splendent.
fig.1614Jackson Creed iii. 179 Though cloudes of enuy now may seeme, thy splendent rayes to choake. 1636C. Fitzgeffrey Holy Transp. (1881) 185 A Starre which though his Orbe be earth,..Yet doth from heauen deriue his splendent light. a1666Wharton Poems Wks. (1683) 355 Religion's outward worth and splendent Rays.
2. Reflecting light with great brilliancy; bright, gleaming, resplendent.
1578Banister Hist. Man v. 81 This bowell..in a dogge hath for the most part a more splendent red. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 86 He had on his right side an exceeding splendent white spot. Ibid. 148 The best Grey-hound hath..a neate sharpe head, and splendent eyes. a1635Randolph Poems (1638) 30 A splendent buckle in ther maiden zone. 1671J. Webster Metallogr. iv. 28 It is..most dense, uniform, splendent, yellow, and is a most pretious thing. 1814H. Busk Fugitive Pieces 7 Maria..seiz'd the splendent shears. 1826Faraday Exp. Res. (1859) 193 By evaporation it gave a splendent white crystalline salt. 1859Thackeray Virgin. II. 179 Her complexion really was as pure as splendent Parian marble.
b. Extremely brilliant, gorgeous, or magnificent.
1567Drant Horace, Ep. A vij, Both godds, and noble⁓men in splendent vestures gay. 1583Stubbes Anat. Abus. i. (1879) 39 To think that the Lorde our God is delighted in the splendente shewe of outward apparell. 1635A. Stafford Fem. Glory (1860) 7 If the Inne was so splendent, so sumptuous, what may we thinke of the amiable Guest, that lodg'd in it? 1646G. Daniel Poems Wks. (Grosart) I. 66 Now the Horses proud Breath fire, and trample with a furious heat, To hurrie in the Splendent Chariot. 1817Stephens in Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. i. 246 Splendent Thrush... This most splendid bird is generally admitted to be distinct from the Shining Thrush. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. v. v. I. 575 Long Files of Giants, splendent in gold-lace and grenadier-caps, have succeeded.
3. fig. Having qualities comparable to material brightness or brilliancy; pre-eminently beautiful, grand, or great.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. i. (Percy Soc.) 5 The fayre lady excellent, Above all other in cleare beauty splendent. 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Hen. V, xxiv, And lead vs on Tryvmphant through the Port Of Victorye, to Honour's Splendent Court. a1763Shenstone Love & Honour 17 Th' Iberian realm Could boast..No race more splendent, and no form so fair. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. ii. i, Book-paper, splendent with Theories, Philosophies, Sensibilities.
b. Of qualities, actions, etc.
The first quotation is from a letter given as a ridiculous example of the use of ‘ink-horn terms’.
1553T. Wilson Rhet. (1580) 165 Beeyng accersited to suche splendente renowme, and dignitie splendidious. 1599Broughton's Let. vii. 22 The splendent brightnes of the Trueth, which burnes..so gloriously. 1615Daniel Hymen's Tri. Ded., By your splendent worthiness Your name shall longer live than shall your walls. 1654Gataker Disc. Apol. 97 The splendent lustre of Calvins repute. 1873M. Collins Squire Silchester II. xiii. 158 The splendent genius of..Christopher North.
Hence † ˈsplendently adv. Obs.
1576G. Pettie Petite Pallace 12 b, Did it not make her glory & virtue shew more splendently to the whole world? 1601Bp. W. Barlow Defence 30 So splendently appearing these 60. yeares together. 1613Jackson Creed ii. 352 Scripture..shines most splendently, most clearly, like a light. |