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splendidious

splendidious adjective: splendid.

Adjective

splendidious (comparative more splendidious, superlative most splendidious)

  1. (obsolete) splendid
    • Celesliall brightnesse ceazed on his face,
      That did the wondring Israelites amaze,
      When he returned from that souereigne place,
      His browes encireled with splendidious rayes.1627, Michael Drayton, “Moses his birth and miracles”, in The Muses Elizium lately discouered, page 173

Forms of splendidious

comparativemore splendidious
superlativemost splendidious

Origin of splendidious

Coined by Michael Drayton in 1627

Questions about splendidious

What does splendidious mean?
Splendidious means splendid.
What part of speech is splendidious?
Splendidious is an adjective.

Words near splendidious in the dictionary

  1. splendid first strike
  2. splendid first strikes
  3. splendider
  4. splendidest
  5. splendidiferous
  6. splendidious
  7. splendidity
  8. splendidly
  9. splendidness
  10. splendidofilariine
  11. splendidous

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