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Strikingly impressive
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glorious
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" Glorious " is a song performed by German dance recording trio Cascada , written by Yann Peifer, Manuel Reuter, Andres Ballinas, Tony Cornelissen. The song was included on their compilation album The Best of Cascada (2013). It was announced that the song ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 13c., from Anglo-French glorious , Old French glorieus (12c., Modern French glorieux ), from Latin gloriosus "full of glory, famous," from gloria (see glory ). In 14c.-17c. it also could mean "boastful, vainglorious." Related: Gloriously .
Usage examples of glorious.
Glorious creatures enjoyed drinks, and Algol, their rescuer, secured their lodgings, showed them up to a trendy room, then took them back down where the Fashionables gathered, set them at a table and asked them what they would have.
It had been the command function on Sirius the Dog Star, had been command again in the Rigel System where the invaders and monstrous beings had been crushed, had held true on Algol VII where the great war of the frog men had resulted in their rout and in the glorious victory of the Federation even at the cost of several hundred thousand brave troops .
There can be little doubt that the Goths who were minded to revolt from the son of Triarius and who were not to be received into favour by the Emperor, were Ostrogoths, still dimly conscious of the old tie which bound them to the glorious house of Amala, and more than half disposed to forsake the service of their squinting upstart chief in order to follow the banners of the young hero, son of Theudemir.
First he must live that glorious life of youth, of nerves aquiver with ecstasy.
The cool wind of the night blows over the vast spaces of the Sahara and touches her cheek, reminding her of the wind that, at Arba, carried fire towards her as she sat before the tent, reminding her of her glorious days of liberty, of the passion that came to her soul like fire in the desert.
Our glorious leader, Colonel Baraka, has ordered us to spare no expense to bring you all the fine touches that you are used to.
As the barkeeper climbed along up, bowing and smiling to everybody, and at last got to the platform, these tents were jerked up aloft all of a sudden, and we saw four noble thrones of gold, all caked with jewels, and in the two middle ones sat old white-whiskered men, and in the two others a couple of the most glorious and gaudy giants, with platter halos and beautiful armor.
Since he was riding a battleship, he disposed his forces so that the battleships could have a glorious time sinking-cripples, and he went Steaming north with the lot of them.
Christ himself, were obliged to expect the second and glorious coming of the Son of Man in the clouds, before that generation was totally extinguished, which had beheld his humble condition upon earth, and which might still be witness of the calamities of the Jews under Vespasian or Hadrian.
This is the story of how he came to be summoned back from Hosanna, the World of the Great and Glorious Flame of the Divine Life, and was joined with Sandor Sandor and Benedick Benedict in the hunt for Victor Corgo, the man without a heart.
He wanted to bury himself in her, not thinking about Bilbao and what it would bring, not thinking about anything except Faith and the glorious oblivion of making love with her.
Roussaye frowned over the notes he had made after visiting a dozen clubs and cafes where Bonapartist officers gathered to drink and gamble and reminisce about the glorious days of the empire.
No offense to the famous chef and his touch with butterfat in all of its glorious manifestations.
Llandovery, from which place you may visit the scenes of this legend, is a charming little town in East Carmarthenshire, situated in glorious surroundings of mountains, vale, and moorland, where some of the finest salmon and trout fishing in South Wales may be enjoyed.
Ankle chains were then placed, too, upon the warrior of Glorious Ar, and a chain ran, too, from his wrists to the chain on his ankles.