splendor
Plural: splendors
Noun
- Great beauty, magnificence, or impressive display.
- a quality that outshines the usual
- the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
- "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"
- Great light, luster or brilliance.
- Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.
- Great fame or glory.
Examples
- The SPLENDOR of his perfectly executed triple word score left his Scrabble opponent speechless.
- The splendor of the Queen's coronation was without comparison.
Origin / Etymology
From Anglo-Norman splendur, splendour, or directly from its source Latin splendor, from the verb splendere (“to shine”).
Synonyms
brilliance, brilliancy, grandeur, grandness, luster, lustre, magnificence, splendour
Scrabble Score: 11
splendor: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsplendor: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
splendor: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary