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adjectivesplendidious (comparative more splendidious, superlative most splendidious)
comparative more splendidious · superlative most splendidious
- obsoletesplendid
Celesliall brightnesse ceazed on his face, That did the wondring Israelites amaze, When he returned from that souereigne place, His browes encireled with splendidious rayes.
1627, Michael Drayton, “Moses his birth and miracles”, in The Muses Elizium lately discouered, page 173
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Coined by Michael Drayton in 1627
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splendidious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splendidious
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“splendidious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splendidious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “splendidious,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splendidious.
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