resplendence

English

WOTD – 24 August 2015

Etymology

From Middle English resplendence, from Latin resplendentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsplɛn.dəns/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

resplendence (countable and uncountable, plural resplendences)

1. The property of being, or that which causes something to be, resplendent.
   • 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost:

     Son! thou in whom my glory I behold / In full resplendence, heir of all my might.

Translations

property of being resplendent

• Bulgarian: блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk), великолепие (bg) (velikolepie)
• Czech: zář, třpyt, jas (cs)