Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

splendorous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables: splen-dorous
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Splendid, having splendor.

Example Sentences

"Ensconced in his attentiveness, she was the splendorous sun around which his life revolved."

Etymology

Etymology tree English splendor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English splendorous From splendor + -ous.

Inflected Forms

more splendorous (comparative) most splendorous (superlative)

Derived Forms

splendorously

Synonyms

splendrous

Questions

What does splendorous mean?: Splendid, having splendor.
Where does splendorous come from?: Etymology tree English splendor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English splendorous From splendor + -ous.

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