splendencyt (splendensi)

R splendent ) +-cy.] Splendor. Machin, Dumb Knight, i. ( Davies.) splendent (splendent), a. [Formerly also splen dant; OF. esplendent = Sp. Pg. esplendente = It. splendente , L. splenden (t-)8, ppr. of splen dere. Hence ( splendid, resplendent, etc.] 1. Shining; resplen dent; beaming with light; specifically, in enmineral., having bright tallic luster; reflecting light intensely, as the elytra of some beetles, or the luster of galena. Compare iridescent. But what talke I of these, when brighter starres Darken their splendant beauty with the scarres Of this insatiate sinne? Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 90. A splendent sun shall never set. B. Jonson, Entertainment at Theobalds. 2. Very conspicuous; illustrious. Divers great and splendent fortunes. Sir H. Wotton, Reliquiæ, p. 66. splendid (splendid), a. [ splendide = Sp. espléndido = Pg. esplendido = It. splendido , splendid us , shining, brilliant, splendere , shine: see splendent.] 1. Shining; brilliant; specifically, in entom . , having brilliant metallic colors; splendent.-2. Brilliant; dazzling; gorgeous; sumptuous: as, a splendid palace; a splendid proce ion. Our state of splendid va alage. Milton , P. L., ii. 252. Indeede the entertainment is very splendid , and not un- reasonable, considering the excellent manner of dre ing their meate, and of the service. Evelyn , Diary, Feb. 27, 1644. 3. Conspicuous; illustrious; grand; heroic; brilliant; noble; glorious: as, a splendid victory; a splendid reputation. But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. Sir T. Browne, Urn-burial, v. We hold that the most wonderful and splendid proof of genius is a great poem produced in a civilised age. Macaulay , Milton. IMG:content-1793.png:[blocks in formation] manner. ter of being splendid; splendor; magnificence. splendiferous (splen-dif'e-rus), a. [Irreg: L. splendor , brightne , + ferre = E. bear1 .] Splendor-bearing; splendid; brilliant; gor- geo us. [Obsolete or colloq.] O tyme most ioyfull, daye most splendiferus ! The clerene e of heaven now apereth vnto vs. Bp . Bale , Enter lude of Johan Bapt. (1538). Where is all your gorgeous attire from Oriental climes? I see the splendiferous articles arrive, and then they van- ish forever. C. Reade, Hard Cash, xxviii. splendor, splendour ur (splendor), n. [ splendeur , splendor , F. splendeur = Pr. splendor IMG:content-1794.png:[blocks in formation] n. [ splenectomist (sple-nek'tō-mist), nectomy + -ist.] One who has excised the spleen.