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   resplendent

   /rɪˈsplɛnd(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous: "she was resplendent in a sea-green dress"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin resplendent- ‘shining out’, from the verb resplendere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + splendere ‘to glitter’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. resplendence noun
   • 2. resplendency noun
   • 3. resplendently adverb

   Scrabble Points: 14

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