resplendent

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

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsplɛn.dənt/

resplendent (comparative more resplendent, superlative most resplendent)

1. Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:

     Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.

2. (mathematics) Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

• resplend
• splendid
• splendor

• resplendid (misspelling)

resplendent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of resplendeō