Noun: splendour splen-du(r)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: splendor)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: splendor)
- A quality that outshines the usual
"The splendour of her performance left the audience in awe";
- luster [N. Amer], lustre [Brit, Cdn], brilliancy, splendor [US]
- The quality of being magnificent, splendid or grand
"it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendour"; "for splendour and personal service there is the Queen's hotel";
- magnificence, brilliance, splendor [US], grandeur, grandness
Derived forms: splendours
Type of: brightness, elegance, elegancy [archaic]
Encyclopedia: Splendour