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splendidous

splendidous is the obsolete spelling of splendidious.

Meaning of splendidious

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 splendidous

comparativemore splendidous
superlativemost splendidous

Questions about splendidous

What is splendidous the obsolete spelling of?
Splendidous is the obsolete spelling of splendidious.

Words near splendidous in the dictionary

  1. splendidious
  2. splendidity
  3. splendidly
  4. splendidness
  5. splendidofilariine
  6. splendidous
  7. splendiferous
  8. splendiferously
  9. splendiferousness
  10. splendiloquent
  11. splendish

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