transplendentadj.
rare.
Brilliantly translucent; resplendent in the highest degree.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective]
orgulousa1450
splendidious?a1475
splendiferousa1500
splendent1517
transplendent1557
splendant1590
splendorous1604
splendidous1607
splendious1609
florid1642
splendid1815
splendescent1848
many-splendoured1859
nifty1865
ducky1897
the world > matter > light > transparency or translucence > [adjective] > brilliantly translucent
transplendent1557
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. I.iiiiv The clere cristall, the bright transplendant glasse.
1622 R. Preston Godly Mans Inquisit. i. 16 Our weakenesse is so great, and his Maiestie on the other side is glorious and transplendent.
1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. xi. 198 Those energies now so transplendent on the banks of the Mississippi and the Ohio.
Derivatives
tranˈsplendently adv. with surpassing splendour.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adverb]
splendidiously?a1475
finely?1552
splendidously1640
transplendently1664
splendidly1675
the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adverb] > gloriously
gloriouslya1340
transplendently1664
1664 H. More Antidote Idolatry ii. 36 The Divinity..is hypostatically, vitally and transplendently residing in this Humanity of Christ.
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