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单词 resplendant
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resplendantadj.

Brit. /rᵻˈsplɛnd(ə)nt/, U.S. /rəˈsplɛnd(ə)nt/, /riˈsplɛnd(ə)nt/
Forms: late Middle English– resplendant, 1500s resplendante, 1500s resplendaunt.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French resplendant.
Etymology: < Middle French resplendant (13th cent. in Old French), use as adjective of the present participle of resplendre (see resplend v.). Compare slightly earlier resplendent adj.In later use frequently a misspelling or typographical error for resplendent adj.
Now rare.
= resplendent adj.
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the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [adjective] > brilliant or resplendent
flaming?a1400
livelyc1425
resplendent?1440
resplendant?1473
resplendishant?1473
fulgent?a1475
resplendishing1479
splendiferousa1500
vehement1528
preclarec1550
profulgent1561
prelucent1568
splendicant1592
full1599
resplending1600
splendorous1604
splendious1609
splendid1634
flammeous1646
vivid1665
brilliant1681
effulgent1737
fulgorous1772
spandy-bright1968
?1473 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Recuyell Hist. Troye (1894) II. lf. 175v Lorde of noblesse..amonge the kynges moste resplendant in all gloryous vertue.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cclviii Pure and resplendaunt is all thy apparayle.
1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. H2 The radiant glory of this resplendant face.
a1633 Visct. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 1 In the most resplendant pride of his age..crowned King of England.
1700 G. Booth tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Libr. xiv. v. 368 The resplendant brightness of their Arms.
1798 Poems on Var. Subj. 23 Th'glorious orb of day, Resplendant shining in its wide domain.
1821 J. M. Niles Life Oliver Hazard Perry (ed. 2) vi. 221 The brightest star in the resplendant galaxy of the American naval heroes.
1885 W. Mackay Beside Still Waters II. xi. 170 The robin..turns his resplendant vest towards the passer by.
1911 Theosophical Q. July 313 The inside of the room was resplendant with turquoise and coral.
1933 Folk-lore 44 219 The resplendant, electric-lit waterfall.
2005 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 11 June 6 Goldie Hawn, resplendant in a sparkly evening gown and looking every inch the moviestar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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