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单词 resplendence
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resplendencen.

Brit. /rᵻˈsplɛnd(ə)ns/, U.S. /rəˈsplɛnd(ə)ns/, /riˈsplɛnd(ə)ns/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin resplendentia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin resplendentia brilliance (4th or 5th cent. in Augustine) < classical Latin resplendent- , resplendēns , present participle of resplendēre resplend v. + -ia -ia suffix1; compare -ence suffix. Compare Old Occitan resplandensa (13th cent.). Compare resplendour n., resplendishure n., and slightly earlier resplendent adj.
Brightness, brilliance (literal and figurative); lustre, splendour.
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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).
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