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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 beautyplay

  Familiarity information: RESPLENDENCY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RESPLENDENCY (noun)


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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