The Collaborative International Dictionary
Splendent \Splen"dent\, a. [L. splendens, -entis, p. pr. of splendere to shine.]
Shining; glossy; beaming with light; lustrous; as, splendent planets; splendent metals. See the Note under 3d Luster, 4.
Very conspicuous; illustrious. ``Great and splendent fortunes.''
--Sir H. Wotton.
Wiktionary
a. 1 shining; glossy; lustrous 2 Very conspicuous; illustrious. 3 (context archaic English) splendid, marvellous, wonderful
Usage examples of "splendent".
The triumph strode splendent over sea and shore, subduing waves and rocks to a path for its mighty entrance into that dark cave on the human coast.
As ringmaster: Paige Price, ree splendent in a cardinal-red hacking jacket over a short black shift and black hose.
The admiral brushed at his resplendent turquoise and white uniform with whitegloved hands.
Macedon rested his head: She bare a splendent lampe, communicating the light thereof with hir companion, then the rest more excellent both in voice and song.
Will the world open in splendent colour, spirit-blue, that aniline blue, ripe indigo or the tone of an unclouded sky?
I knew only that when I closed my eyes and mastered my fear program, the manifold opened to me, as splendent and deep as ever the manifold from within my lightship had been.
And below were six splendent and glisteringe archaungels tha bore up the roode, and beneath them in their stories were the most fair and noble ymages of the xij Apostles and of divers other Saints and Martirs.