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单词 splendiferous
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Definition of splendiferous in English:

splendiferous

adjective splɛnˈdɪf(ə)rəsˌsplɛnˈdɪf(ə)rəs
humorous, informal
  • Splendid.

    a splendiferous Sunday dinner
    Example sentencesExamples
    • My Spice of Life award goes to the Bhutanese delegates, who looked simply splendiferous in their native costume, a shortened quasikimono with knee-high black socks and loafers.
    • Not only was the night cold though, it was also stomach churningly smelly - the nippiness was later accompanied by the splendiferous aroma of steaming bacon ribs.
    • Wandering through my splendiferous suite, which was about the same size as my house back home, I had the uneasy feeling that at any minute some Italian count would turn up and turf me out of his holiday flat.
    • Back in our 7th floor hotel room, the view from our window was now illuminated - and yet more splendiferous.
    • But that's the price of a flat in Manchester or a splendiferous car!
    • In the absence of anything scintillating to write today I thought I'd invite your thoughts for a caption for this splendiferous picture of my old friend Gwynneth Dunwoody.
    • There is preserved a delightful vignette of the Bookman of Letters in his library of some 25,000 volumes, occupying the upper storey which he had built on to the wing of his splendiferous Frognal mansion.
    • The original production, directed as an exercise in splendiferous irony by Harold Prince and Michael Bennett, was by my lights the finest musical of its decade.
    • Dozens of copies of the paper were sent via TNT, the courier, to arrive in time for a splendiferous dinner and prize-giving.
    • After about an hour or so my super splendiferous friend Beverly came along to help.
    Synonyms
    wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, sublime, spectacular, lovely, excellent, fine, delightful, enjoyable, pleasurable

Derivatives

  • splendiferously

  • adverb
    humorous, informal
    • I just deleted them, and now FF is working splendiferously.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Barely had they settled in their seats when on stage sprung Christy Bannon splendiferously decked out as Joe Dolan.
      • I read a report at The Sun's website that said there is a pre-pre-production in the works for a new He-Man movie (most splendiferously played by Dolph Lundgren) and it will either star Brad Pitt or Gerard Butler.
      • ‘Darling,’ says the splendiferously proportioned woman listening quietly at her side, ‘You tell these people that if they so much as touch you, they will have Camila to deal with.’
      • Here are just a few of many wonderful, splendiferously loving things you can do to make all aspects of your tiny tiger's life - and yours, too!
  • splendiferousness

  • noun
    humorous, informal
    • Romantic or touching moments are cued with swelling music, unbelievably swelling music that bulges and finally erupts from your speakers to reach a peak of splendiferousness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The important thing is that you've been won over to the splendiferousness of the Decemberists.
      • How dare you all question the vast warehouse of aquatic plantgrowing knowledge which is kush, or attempt to tarnish my wondrous splendiferousness?
      • The snack size Rolo has three chocolate cylindrical trapezoids of caramel-infused splendiferousness wrapped in the classic gold foil and brown paper sheathing.
      • I told my friends to get it and they were equally amazed by the splendiferousness.

Origin

Mid 19th century: formed irregularly from splendour.

Rhymes

carboniferous, coniferous, cruciferous, melliferous, odoriferous, pestiferous, somniferous, umbelliferous, vociferous
 
 

Definition of splendiferous in US English:

splendiferous

adjectiveˌsplenˈdif(ə)rəsˌsplɛnˈdɪf(ə)rəs
humorous, informal
  • Splendid.

    a splendiferous Sunday dinner
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dozens of copies of the paper were sent via TNT, the courier, to arrive in time for a splendiferous dinner and prize-giving.
    • There is preserved a delightful vignette of the Bookman of Letters in his library of some 25,000 volumes, occupying the upper storey which he had built on to the wing of his splendiferous Frognal mansion.
    • The original production, directed as an exercise in splendiferous irony by Harold Prince and Michael Bennett, was by my lights the finest musical of its decade.
    • My Spice of Life award goes to the Bhutanese delegates, who looked simply splendiferous in their native costume, a shortened quasikimono with knee-high black socks and loafers.
    • But that's the price of a flat in Manchester or a splendiferous car!
    • After about an hour or so my super splendiferous friend Beverly came along to help.
    • In the absence of anything scintillating to write today I thought I'd invite your thoughts for a caption for this splendiferous picture of my old friend Gwynneth Dunwoody.
    • Back in our 7th floor hotel room, the view from our window was now illuminated - and yet more splendiferous.
    • Wandering through my splendiferous suite, which was about the same size as my house back home, I had the uneasy feeling that at any minute some Italian count would turn up and turf me out of his holiday flat.
    • Not only was the night cold though, it was also stomach churningly smelly - the nippiness was later accompanied by the splendiferous aroma of steaming bacon ribs.
    Synonyms
    wonderful, marvellous, magnificent, superb, sublime, spectacular, lovely, excellent, fine, delightful, enjoyable, pleasurable

Origin

Mid 19th century: formed irregularly from splendor.

 
 
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