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▪ I. splendour, n.|ˈsplɛndə(r)|
Also 5–6 splendure, 7 -eur; 6– splendor.
[ad. AF. (e)splendur, -our (OF. esplendor, etc.), or L. splendor, f. splendēre to shine. So F. splendeur, It. splendore, Sp. and Pg. esplendor.]
1. a. Great brightness; brilliant light or lustre.
αc1450Cov. Myst. (Shaks. Soc.) 191 In the sunne consydyr ȝe thynges thre, The splendure, the hete, and the lyght. 1600Fairfax Tasso vii. xliv, When..The shining fort his goodly splendure losed. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1188 Mixing splendeur and light together with the said deepe azure.
β1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 30 Lyke as the beame of the materyall sonne..causeth a splendour or bryghtnes. 1626Bacon Sylva §8 It may be, Percolation doth not only cause Clearness and Splendour, but Sweetness of Savour. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 128 The splendour of the Moon being shaded by the sides of the Mountains. 1782Phil. Trans. LXXII. 427 The wax tapers took flame immediately with an uncommon splendour. 1825Scott Talism. vi, His bright blue eye, which at all times shone with uncommon keenness and splendour. 1897F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ 104 Slowly..the intruding gloom overspread the sweet splendour of the shining sky.
Comb.1821Shelley Epipsych. 81 The splendour-winged stars. 1836Browning Johannes Agricola in Medit. 4 Splendour⁓proof I keep the broods of stars aloof.
γ1596Drayton Leg., Matilda xxxv. Poems (1605) Ff vij b, Such bountie Nature did to them impart, Those lampes two planets, clearer then the seauen, That with their splendor light the world to heauen. 1597J. Payne Royal Exch. 47 He neyther saw that splendor and glory.., nor the heavens open. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Praise Clean Linen Wks. ii. 169/2 Till Tytans glory from the burnish'd East..the rotundious Globe with splendor filles. 1684Contempl. St. Man ii. ix. (1699) 232 A Wheel of Squibs and Fire-Works..casts forth a thousand lights and splendors. 1732Arbuthnot Rules of Diet in Aliments, etc. i. 414 A certain Splendor or Shining in the Eyes, with a little Moisture. 1782Phil. Trans. LXXII. 199 Inflammable air is also the principle which..gives them their metallic splendor. 1871B. Taylor Faust Prol. (1875) I. 11 And swift and swift beyond conceiving The splendor of the world goes round.
b. Her. (See quots.)
1766Porny Heraldry (1777) Dict., The Sun is said to be in Splendor when it is represented with the lineaments of a human face, and environed with raies. 1868Cussans Her. (1893) 102 The Sun is always supposed to be Proper, or In his Glory, or Splendour,..unless otherwise specified.
2. Magnificence; great show of riches or costly things; pomp, parade.
β1616Fortescue Papers (Camden) 15 Whome the splendour of fortune hath not beene able to make..lesse vertuous. 1664H. More Myst. Iniq. 280 His purple Cardinals are so Emperor like and of such a senatorious splendour. 1732T. Lediard Sethos II. vii. 48 Their ambassy appear'd in splendour before your haven. 1770Goldsm. Des. Vill. 286 While thus the land adorned for pleasure all In barren splendour feebly waits the fall. 1837Lockhart Scott I. ii. 63 The antique splendour of the ducal house. 1863M. E. Braddon J. Marchmont III. i. 8 Paul Marchmont was fond of splendour, and meant to have as much of it as money could buy. 1886C. E. Pascoe Lond. of To-day xxxi. (ed. 3) 286 One of the most splendid streets in London, deriving its splendour from its club-houses.
personif.1731Pope Ep. Burlington 180 'Tis Use alone that sanctifies Expense, And Splendour borrows all her rays from Sense.
γ1680Burnet Rochester 91 A people naturally fond of a visible splendor in Religious Worship. 1713Steele Guardian No. 19 ⁋3 Riches and outward splendor have taken up the place of it. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) II. 103 With regard to external splendor,..I am inclined to think that modern Rome is superior to the ancient. 1824W. Irving T. Trav. II. 104 Its faded embellishments spoke of former splendor. 1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. II. 98 Gold-laced cocked hats and other splendors.
3. Brilliant distinction, eminence, or glory; impressive or imposing character.
1604E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies vi. xxvi. 487 Monteçuma set Knighthood in his highest splendor. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §145 Without any other Friend⁓ship or Support, than what the splendour of a Pious life..would reconcile to him. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 72 ⁋10 Excellencies of higher reputation and brighter splendour. 1830D'Israeli Chas. I, III. ix. 196 The splendour of the present progress had not hitherto been equalled in our annals. 1873Hamerton Intell. Life ii. ii. 62 The splendor of the intellectual life.
4. Brilliant or ornate appearance or colouring. Also Comb.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1824) II. 349 A very extensive tribe, remarkable for the splendour and the variety of their plumage. 1820Shelley Witch Atl. iii, Like splendour⁓winged moths. 1854tr. Hettner's Athens 18 The Attic plain lies before us in a splendour and beauty, to describe which the forms and colours of the painter are powerless.
5. splendours and miseries = splendeurs et misères.
1943S. Sitwell (title) Splendours and miseries. 1971A. Morice Death of Gay Dog iv. 44, I took in a survey of the room, to see what further splendours and miseries were in store for us. 1981Times 1 Apr. 11/2 Omnibus looked at the splendours and miseries of acting.
▪ II. ˈsplendour, v.
[f. prec.]
1. intr. To move with splendour.
1853T. Parker Theism (1865) 116 When a star with fiery hair came splendouring through the night, it filled mediæval astronomers with amazement. 1887Service Life Dr. Duguid 272 The golden language of a priceless love Went splendouring like a song of heav'n down.
2. trans. To invest with splendour.
a1867A. Smith Life Drama i. 49 Poems (1901) 3 'Tis not for me To fling a Poem, like a comet, out, Far-splendouring the sleepy realms of night. |