resplendence

English

WOTD – 24 August 2015

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsplɛn.dəns/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

resplendence (countable and uncountable, plural resplendences)

The property of being, or that which causes something to be, resplendent.
- 1667, Milton, Paradise Lost:
  Son! thou in whom my glory I behold / In full resplendence, heir of all my might.

Translations

property of being resplendent

Bulgarian: блясък (bg) m (bljasǎk), великолепие (bg) (velikolepie)
Czech: zář, třpyt, jas (cs)

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