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Meaning of SPLENDID

Pronunciation:  'splendid

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  having great beauty and splendor; "a glorious spring morning"; "a glorious sunset"; "splendid costumes"; "a kind of splendiferous native simplicity"
  2. [adj]  characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony"
 
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 Synonyms: beautiful, brilliant, glorious, impressive, magnificent, resplendent, splendiferous
 

 

 

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Splendid
American heiress Emma Dunster has always been fun-loving and independent with no wish to settle into marriage. She plans to enjoy her Season in London in more conventional ways than husband-hunting. But this time Emma`s high-jinks lead her into dangerous temptation...Alexander Ridgely, the Duke of Ashbourne, is a notorious rake who carefully avoids the risk of love...until he plants one reckless kiss on the sensuous lips of this high-spirited innocent...and condemns himself to delicious torment. Little does he know that his passion has touched the very soul of the lovely enchantress...and committed them both to a lifetime of splendid ecstasy.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Splen"did\, a. [L. splendidus, fr. splendere shine;
cf. Lith. splend["e]ti: cf. F. splendide.]
1. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright;
   as, a splendid sun.
2. Showy; magnificent; sumptuous; pompous; as, a splendid
   palace; a splendid procession or pageant.
3. Illustrious; heroic; brilliant; celebrated; famous; as, a
   splendid victory or reputation.
 

 

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