Noun: splendor splen-dur
Usage: US (elsewhere: splendour)
Usage: US (elsewhere: splendour)
- A quality that outshines the usual
"The splendor of her performance left the audience in awe";
- luster [N. Amer], lustre [Brit, Cdn], brilliancy, splendour [Brit, Cdn]
- The quality of being magnificent, splendid or grand
"it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor";
- magnificence, brilliance, splendour [Brit, Cdn], grandeur, grandness
Derived forms: splendors
Type of: brightness, elegance, elegancy [archaic]
Encyclopedia: Splendor