单词 | resplendour |
释义 | resplendourresplendorn. Now rare. Splendour, brightness; resplendence. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brilliance alightingeOE cleretea1340 blasenessa1398 clarityc1400 splendourc1450 resplendishure?1473 resplendour?1473 resplendence?a1475 resplendishing1479 flamingc1540 blazing1563 blaze1586 fulgence1592 fulgoura1600 resplendency1599 splendence1604 nitor1607 refulgence1624 refulgency?1624 fulgurea1634 fulgency1643 fulgidity1656 lucency1656 transplendency1664 vividness1668 brillant1676 shiningness1703 fulgurity1721 vivacity1735 brilliancy1747 brilliance1755 flame1800 éclata1806 vividity1813 prefulgence1892 ?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) I. lf. 29v He began to studye how and what maner he myghte enhaunce the resplendour of his felicite. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende f. ccccxxijv/1 In resplendour or lyghte of alle good veertues [sic]. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 27v Of phebus the..resplendour Refreschit him. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias i. f. 79v Out of it there came such a resplendour or brightnes, that it blinded mens eyes. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. 2 Reaching forth such a Resplendour and fullnesse of light unto us. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xi. 332 This grace say they, discoverable outwardly, is the resplendor and Raye of some interior and invisible Beauty. View more context for this quotation 1842 Metrop. Mag. 35 310 ‘Too wise ever to have dealings with thee!’ exclaimed Godfrey, with a face of most vermilion resplendour. 1876 J. Spence Intercessory Prayer of our Lord xv. 285 What avails all that men see in the grandeur, variety, and re-splendour of creation, if they read not the name of God there? 1921 tr. S. A. Lillo in Poet Lore 32 408 The constant and serene Resplendor of a diamond which shines out In the rich setting of its dusky depth. 1999 New Criterion (Nexis) 1 Nov. 77 He..never praised anyone or anything unequivocally, as if it might detract from the resplendor of his intelligence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † resplendourv.1 Obsolete. rare. transitive. To make resplendent. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [verb (transitive)] > brighten brightOE polisha1382 schirka1400 sheerc1400 esclarish1546 brighten1567 to set up1588 undarken1598 embright1605 embrighten1610 resplendour1632 undarka1644 elucidate1675 vivify1791 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 500 Soiles so abundant in all things, fit to illustrate greatnesse, Resplendour Gentry, and succour Commons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online September 2021). resplendourresplendorv.2 rare. transitive. To reinvest (something) with splendour; to make (something) splendid again. ΚΠ 1872 C. G. Leland Music-lesson of Confucius 7 They are coming in glory again to resplendour the world, The gods whom we thought were long-perished. 1877 S. M. Hagerman Greenwood 105 Thou shalt come up, of God Resplendored, and recrowned, and brightly born, As on thy birthnight. 1972 L. W. Snow China on Stage 4 Peking opera..resurged—renewed and resplendored after wartime wear and tear. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1473v.11632v.21872 |
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