splendour

splendour
(BrE) (AmE splendor) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ full
▪

A butterfly emerged in its full splendour a week later.

▪ glorious, great, regal
▪ former, original
▪ faded
▪ architectural, scenic, visual
▪ baroque, gothic, medieval, etc.
▪ Edwardian, Victorian, etc.
▪

They have restored the building to its former Victorian splendour.

VERB + SPLENDOUR/SPLENDOR
▪ have
▪

The hotel has the splendour of a 19th-century mansion.

▪ lose
▪ match
▪

No other palace could match the splendour of the Taj Mahal.

▪ recapture, regain
▪

It will take a lot of repair work before the building regains its former splendour.

▪ restore sth to
▪

The house has been restored to its original splendour.

PREPOSITION
▪ in splendour
▪

They dined in a special suite in glorious splendour.

▪ in sb's/sth's splendour
▪

There below lay Paris in all its splendour.

▪ of splendour
▪

a castle of great splendour

▪ splendours of
▪

I've only just discovered the splendours of the countryside.

PHRASES
▪ in solitary splendour
▪

The castle rises in solitary splendour on the fringe of the desert.


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  • splendour — [splen′dər] n. Brit. sp. of SPLENDOR * * * splen·dour (splĕnʹdər) n. Chiefly British Variant of splendor. * * * …   Universalium

  • splendour — is spelt our in BrE and splendor in AmE …   Modern English usage

  • splendour — (US splendor) ► NOUN ▪ magnificent and impressive appearance …   English terms dictionary

  • splendour — [splen′dər] n. Brit. sp. of SPLENDOR …   English World dictionary

  • splendour — n. BE; AE spelling: splendor 1) regal splendour 2) in splendour (to dine in regal splendour) * * * [ splendə] regal splendour in splendour (to dine in regal splendour) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • splendour — splen|dour BrE splendor AmE [ˈsplendə US ər] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Anglo French; Origin: splendur, from Latin splendor, from splendere; SPLENDID] 1.) [U] impressive beauty, especially of a large building or large place splendour of ▪ We marvelled …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • splendour — UK [ˈsplendə(r)] / US [ˈsplendər] noun Word forms splendour : singular splendour plural splendours 1) splendours [plural] the beautiful and impressive features of something the architectural splendours of the cathedral 2) [uncountable] the… …   English dictionary

  • splendour — /ˈsplɛndə / (say splenduh) noun 1. brilliant or gorgeous appearance, colouring, etc.; magnificence, grandeur, or pomp, or display of it: the splendour and pomp of his coronation. 2. brilliant distinction; glory: the splendour of ancient Roman… …  

  • splendour — [[t]sple̱ndə(r)[/t]] splendours (in AM, use splendor) 1) N UNCOUNT The splendour of something is its beautiful and impressive appearance. The foreign ministers are meeting in the splendour of Oktyabrskaya Hotel in central Moscow. 2) N PLURAL: oft …   English dictionary

  • Splendour of the Seas — auslaufend Venedig p1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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