resplendent

The story

1. Latin · derived fromresplendere“to shine back, glitter”
2. Latin · derived fromsplendere“to shine”
3. English todayresplendent

From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish (“to shine”), from Latin splendere (“to shine”), or from resplend + -ent, from Latin resplendere (“to shine back, glitter”).

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