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ˈsplendidness [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality or state of being splendid; magnificence, grandeur.
1648J. Beaumont Psyche viii. lxiii, Resolv'd to try his eyes Upon that Infant-face of Splendidness. a1657W. Burton Itin. Anton. 251 The splendidness of the Buildings, and the magnificence of the Churches. 1674Bp. Croft Fast Serm. 14 Their splendidness and voluptuousness of living. 1728Morgan Algiers I. iii. 44 He drew the Eyes of all the Spectators by the Splendidness of his purple Robe. 1980N.Y. Times 5 Oct. vii. 33/5 Miss Leffland at her best is extraordinarily good; indeed, there is not a contemporary writer of short stories from whom truth of feeling, splendidness of insight, and a human beauty both aching and real can more confidently be expected. |