单词 | resplendence |
释义 | resplendencen. Brightness, brilliance (literal and figurative); lustre, splendour. 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 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 7 The chere of theyme dothe ȝiffe grete resplendence [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. schyneþ; L. nitent] lyke to an angelle. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1876) VI. 91 Etheldreda..ȝafe grete resplendence [L. choruscavit] thro miracles. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 340v When also it [sc. silver] is founde lyinge..amonge certeine scales or cloddes of earth, they saye that it is perfecte, although it haue not to the eye suche resplendence. 1561 R. Eden tr. M. Cortés Arte Nauigation i. ii. sig. A v The resplendence or shining of the sonne. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 163 It discoloureth and diminisheth his [sc. the sun's] most pure resplendence. 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. Fv [He] shuts his eyes as not being able to indure the resplendence of those evident Truths. a1737 E. S. Rowe Misc. Wks. (1739) I. 90 Unable now to bear celestial light, Or the resplendence of his looks abide. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. II. xx. 425 A hue and resplendence similar to that of white metals. c1850 J. M. Neale Hymns Eastern Church 134 Fill'd with celestial resplendence and light. 1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. i. 19 The lighting up of the soul with the very resplendence of heaven. 1936 M. R. Anand Coolie v. 337 Occasionally Indian Maharajahs were driven up in all the resplendence of their bejewelled ceremonial robes. 1962 Times 21 Mar. 13/4 It still refuses to shine in the imagination with the resplendence due to its new dignity and title. 1999 Hispania 82 440/2 In Botticelli's canvas, the predominance of shadow contrasts with the resplendence of the flowery fields. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1475 |
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