splendaciousadj.
/splɛnˈdeɪʃəs/ Very splendid; gorgeous, magnificent.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > magnificent
lordlylOE
richc1275
prouda1300
noblec1300
gloriousc1315
reala1325
rialc1330
stouta1350
solemnc1386
royalc1400
pompousc1425
statelyc1425
lordlike1488
magnific1490
of state1498
magnificenta1530
pompatic1535
magnificala1538
princely1539
gorgeous?1542
regal1561
superbious?1566
surly1566
splendent1567
heroical1577
superbous1581
sumptuous1594
pompatical1610
pompal1616
fastidious1638
grand1673
splendid1685
grandific1727
grandiose1818
splendiferous1827
splendacious1843
magnolious1863
1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 53 379 The room is papered with some splendacious pattern in blue and gold.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Sketches & Trav. London in Wks. (1886) XXIV. 349 The silver dish-covers are splendaceous.
1872 Earl of Pembroke & G. H. Kingsley South Sea Bubbles ix. 241 Loney..made a splendacious bedstead to sling his mat to.
Derivatives
splenˈdaciously adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adverb] > magnificently
micklelyeOE
proudlya1225
noblyc1300
reallya1375
riallya1387
royallyc1405
rialc1425
stately?a1439
pompously1501
gorgeously1532
magnificly1538
princely1548
magnificentlya1552
magnifically1555
superbiously1569
grandly1647
splendidly1651
magnificously1683
superbly1763
grandiosely1841
splendiferously1841
regally1852
splendaciously1872
1872 ‘Aliph Cheem’ Lays of Ind (1876) 6 One of them..more splendaciously dressed..than the rest.
splenˈdaciousness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [noun] > magnificence
thrumOE
prideOE
wealc1290
noblessec1330
pompc1330
statec1330
nobletya1387
royaltyc1405
magnificence?1435
gloriousnessc1440
pompousness1447
noblenessc1450
pomperyc1460
triumpha1513
princeliness1545
gorgeousness1549
jollity1549
stateliness1556
proudnessa1586
royalitya1607
splendour1616
grandeur1652
superbiousness1654
splendidnessa1657
lustre1658
superbness1779
pompa1783
splendaciousness1853
magnoliousness1921
1853 W. M. Thackeray Lett. 14 Feb. On my first arrival, I was annoyed at the uncommon splendatiousness.
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