splendidity
splendidity noun: the quality of being splendid.
Noun
splendidity (uncountable)
- The quality of being splendid.
- A magazine in Chicago is announced as “splendidly gotten up,” and the “splendidity” of which can be described only by such rhapsodical circulars as the publishers of the magazine issue.1884 May 20, “The Chromo-Premium Business”, in Sacramento Daily Record-Union, volume LI, number 76 (whole 10,326), Sacramento, Calif.
- It would, indeed, be difficult to name anyone to-day who has diffused more innocent enjoyment throughout this murky winter kingdom than Tom Smith, with all his works and pomps and Christmas-crackers, which yearly grow in size, sentiment, skittishness, and what the schoolboy called “splendidity.”1900, Algernon Rose, editor, ‘A439’: Being the Autobiography of a Piano, London: Sands & Company, page 365
- Synonyms:
- splendidness, splenditude, splendor
Examples of splendidity in a sentence
- Thurston county has loomed up splendidity with a display of genuine merit.1901 November 5, “Washington Fruit at Buffalo. Exhibits From This State Attract Much Attention.”, in The Tacoma Daily Ledger, volume XIX...
- And we had to buy an extra silo to take care of the splendidity of ensilage corn this year!1934 November 23, “Autumn Sketches in Vermont”, in Rutland Daily Herald, volume 81, number 281, Rutland, Vt., page 8:
- It thanks the school for its donation of £881.13 and commemorates pupils’ “total and utter red nose splendidity” — the words of madcap charity organizers Griff Rhys-Jones and Lenny Henry.1989 July 6, “A splendid effort”, in East Kent Gazette, page 5:
- and if you, lorelei, choose to bestow upon me the gift pan-magnifico of your virginity, i will strive my upmost to be worthy of its heleneskan splendidity.2005, Kyle Clinton Foley, Lorelei Pursued, →ISBN, page 99:
Synonyms of splendidity
Origin of splendidity
From splendid + -ity.
Questions about splendidity
- What does splendidity mean?
- Splendidity means the quality of being splendid.
- How do you use splendidity in a sentence?
- Thurston county has loomed up splendidity with a display of genuine merit.
- What part of speech is splendidity?
- Splendidity is a noun.
Words near splendidity in the dictionary
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