Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splendidious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: splen-did-i-ous
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Celesliall brightnesse ceazed on his face, That did the wondring Israelites amaze, When he returned from that souereigne place, His browes encireled with splendidious rayes."

Etymology

Coined by Michael Drayton in 1627

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more splendidious (comparative) most splendidious (superlative)

Questions

What does splendidious mean?: splendid
Where does splendidious come from?: Coined by Michael Drayton in 1627

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