Resplendent

Origin

From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish ("to shine"), from Latin splendere ("to shine"), or from resplend + -ent, from Latin resplendere.

Full definition of resplendent

Adjective

1. Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
• 1927, F. E. Penny, Pulling the Strings Chapter 4, Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. … His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.
2. (mathematics) Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

Related terms

• resplend
• splendid
• splendor