shining, shimmering, splendid

phrase

Something that is extraordinary, captivating or spectacular.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. humorousoftenSomething that is extraordinary, captivating or spectacular.

    Soos: What is this new world? Shining, shimmering, splendid!

    2015 November 23, "Weirdmageddon 2: Escape from Reality", season 2, episode 19 of Gravity Falls
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    Shining, shimmering, splendid! she thought. The memory of watching that on VHS brought on the chuckles and she couldn't hold them back.

    2012 June 1, M. J. Haider, Put Him Out for Good, →ISBN, page 228

    Curiel's cloud was golden—shining, shimmering, splendid golden.

    2018 April 24, E. L. Hound, The Heart of Time: An Almostbiography, page 14

Origin

A lyric from "A Whole New World", the signature song from Disney's Aladdin (1992).

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APA

shining, shimmering, splendid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shining%2C%20shimmering%2C%20splendid

MLA

“shining, shimmering, splendid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shining%2C%20shimmering%2C%20splendid. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shining, shimmering, splendid,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shining%2C%20shimmering%2C%20splendid.

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