splendiferous
/splɛnˈdɪfəɹəs/
splendiferous adjective: beautiful, splendid.
Adjective
splendiferous (comparative more splendiferous, superlative most splendiferous)
- Beautiful, splendid.
- Oh ! you splendiferous creatur’! you anngeliferous anngel! here am I, Ralph Stackpole the Screamer[…]1837, Robert Montgomery Bird with William Harrison Ainsworth, Nick of the Woods: A Story of Kentucky, pages 118–119
- And I'd like to have a large house and a splendiferous garden, and then you could all come and live with me, and we would play in the garden, and Dorry should have turkey five times a day if he liked.1872, Susan Coolidge [pseudonym; Sarah Chauncey Woolsey], What Katy Did
Examples of splendiferous in a sentence
- "[…]I want to write something most splendiferous to-day, and I am sure to find it in your face.1900, J. M. Barrie, Tommy and Grizel:
- Will immensely splendiferous stander permit one stooder of most extreme poverty and one largesize grandacious thirst to terminate one expensive inaugurated libation?1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Chapter 14 "Oxen of the Sun"]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:
- Hey boss, did you ever see a more splendiferous crash?1964, Nikos Kazantzakis, Michael Cacoyannis, Zorba the Greek, spoken by Alexis Zorba (Anthony Quinn):
- […]he was trying to convince the Spaniards on the Viceroy's brig that they really ought to be interested in certain splendiferous goods that he, Mr.2004, Neal Stephenson, The Confusion, page 178:
Forms of splendiferous
| comparative | more splendiferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most splendiferous |
Origin of splendiferous
From Middle English splendiferous, from Medieval Latin splendiferus + -ous, from Late Latin splendōrifer, from Latin splendor + -fer (“bearing”). Reintroduced humorously into English c. 1837.
Words formed from splendiferous
Words that rhyme with splendiferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- auriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
Questions about splendiferous
- What does splendiferous mean?
- Splendiferous means beautiful, splendid.
- How do you use splendiferous in a sentence?
- "[…]I want to write something most splendiferous to-day, and I am sure to find it in your face.
- What part of speech is splendiferous?
- Splendiferous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce splendiferous?
- Splendiferous is pronounced /splɛnˈdɪfəɹəs/.
Words near splendiferous in the dictionary
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