| 单词 |
splendiferous |
| 释义 |
splendiferous, a.|splɛnˈdɪfərəs| [In early use f. med.L. *splendifer (for late L. splendōrifer): cf. OF. splendifere. In mod. use jocular (cf. splendacious a.) and orig. U.S.] †1. Full of, abounding in, splendour. Obs.
c1460G. Ashby Dicta Philos. 1031 Who that is wele cherisshed with a king And is with hym grete & splendiferous. 1538Bale Br. Com. J. Bapt. in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 215 O tyme most ioyfull, daye most splendiferus. 1546Coverdale Calvin's Treat. Sacram. D j, Seyng that y⊇ bryght and splendiferouse veritie is of it selfe able to confute so absurde a vanitie. 2. colloq. Remarkably fine; magnificent.
1843Haliburton Sam Slick in Eng. xiii, A splendiferous white hoss, with long tail and flowin' mane. 1854P. B. St. John Amy Moss 283, I only escaped..by means of a splendiferous girl call'd Kate. 1863C. Reade Hard Cash xxviii. II. 188, I see the splendiferous articles arrive, and then they vanish for ever. |

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