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resplendent
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synonyms: effulgent, refulgent ???
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Definition:very impressive and colorful; splendid
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some plaster images in resplendent colors on the mantel-shelf, above a very dimly-smoking grate;
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)
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in the dining-room, the sideboard flashed resplendent with plate; in the drawing-room and boudoir, vases of exotics bloomed on all sides.
Charlotte Brontë. Jane Eyre (1847)
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His attempt at graceful escape was foiled by the sudden appearance of Rupert, fatly resplendent in ruffled shirt and gold-laced coat, who popped out of the narrow gate like a cork from a bottle.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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So, too, it is, that in these resplendent Japanese seas the mariner encounters the direst of all storms, the Typhoon. It will sometimes burst from out that cloudless sky, like an exploding bomb upon a dazed and sleepy town.
Herman Melville. Moby Dick
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She wore one of her African outfits, [...]. She looked tall and resplendent standing there. "Well, if it isn't our Hottentot queen," said Kat
Sue Monk Kidd. The Mermaid Chair, p.43 (2005)
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a formidable convertible, resplendent rubious in the lighted rain,
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita
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