splendent

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The splendent sun no splendour can display, Till on gross things he dash his broken ray, From cloud and tree and flower re-tossed in prismy spray.

From Sister Songs; an offering to two sisters by Thompson, Francis

Nunc splendent tantum, et deterso pulvere belli E memori pendent nomina magna tholo.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

The usual lustre of crystals of cassiterite is remarkably splendent, even adamantine.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

And so the tiny Cadet-drillings have ended; long Files of Giants, splendent in gold-lace and grenadier-caps, have succeeded; and earnest work instead of mimic, in that matter, has begun.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 by Carlyle, Thomas

He stood quite still, a figure orgulous and splendent.

From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir