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RESPLENDENCY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does resplendency mean?
• RESPLENDENCY (noun)
The noun RESPLENDENCY has 1 sense:
1. brilliant radiant beauty
Familiarity information: RESPLENDENCY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brilliant radiant beauty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
glory; resplendence; resplendency
Context example:
the glory of the sunrise
Hypernyms ("resplendency" is a kind of...):
beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)
Derivation:
resplend (be resplendent or radiant; to shine brightly)
resplendent (having great beauty and splendor)
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