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Resplendence

Definition: Resplendence

Resplendence

Noun

1. Brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "resplendence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)


Synonyms: Resplendence

Synonyms: glory (n), resplendency (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Resplendence

English words defined with "resplendence": Fulgidity. (references)
Etymologies containing "resplendence": Fulgidity. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Resplendence

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Books

  • Resplendence of the Spanish Monarchy: Renaissance Tapestries and Armor from the Patrimonia Nacional (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Resplendence

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  resplendence

8
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Modern Translations: Resplendence

Language Translations for "resplendence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shkëlqim (aureola, aureole, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, distinction, eclat, effulgence, flamboyance, flamboyancy, flame, glint, glitter, glory, gloss, glow, halo, irradiation, lambency, luster, lustre, nimbus, pageantry, polish, pomp, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), ndriqim. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

блясък (blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, dash, eclat, effulgence, fire, flash, glamor, glamour, glance, glint, glitter, glory, gloss, glossiness, heraldry, illumination, irradiation, lambency, light, luminance, luminosity, luster, lustre, pageantry, polish, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendency, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zář (effulgence, sheen). (various references)

   

German

  

Glanz (brightness, brillance, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, finery, glamor, glamour, glance, glare, glaze, gleam, glints, glitter, glory, gloss, glossiness, luminosity, luminousness, luster, lustre, lustre of fabric, polish, radiance, refulgence, sheen, sheens, shine, shininess, sparkle, splendor, splendour). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μεγαλοπρέπεια (gorgeousness, grandiosity, loftiness, magnificence, majesty, pomp, resplendency, splendidness, stateliness), λάμψη (brightness, coruscation, eclat, effulgence, flare, flash, glare, glint, glisten, glitter, gloss, glow, limelight, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendency, shine, shininess, shining, splendor, splendour, twinkle), λαμπρότητα (brightness, brilliance, eclat, lightness, lucence, lucency, luminance, lustrousness, pomp, resplendency, sheen, splendidness, splendor, splendour), ανταύγεια (glint, resplendency, sheen). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

csillogás (coruscation, flare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, lambency, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling). (various references)

   

Manx

  

sollyssid (brightness, brilliance, clearness, gloss, illustration, lightness, luminosity, lustre, polish, radiance, sheen, transparency), loandyr. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

esplendenceray

   

Portuguese

  

resplendor (fire, flush, glint, glisten, glitter, halo, niminy-piminy, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, sheen, splendor, splendour), resplandecência, esplendor (blaze, bravery, bright, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, eclat, effulgence, flourish, grandeur, illumination, irradiation, lustful, lustreless, magnificence, pomp, radiance, radiancy, sheen, splendor, splendour), brilho (blaze, bright, brightness, brillance, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, eclat, effulgence, fire, flashing, glaze, glints, glisten, glitter, gloss, glossitis, glow, illuminative, irradiation, lucidity, luminance, luster, lustre, lustre of fabric, polish, radiance, radiancy, scintillation, sheen, shine, varnish, vivacity). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

strãlucire (bravery, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, eclat, effulgence, fineness, fire, flame, flash, flashing, flush, gaiety, glitter, gloss, glow, gorgeousness, grandeur, irradiance, irradiation, lucency, luminosity, luster, lustre, panoply, pomp, radiance, radiancy, radiation, refulgence, richness, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), splendoare (bravery, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, glitter, gorgeousness, grandeur, luxuriance, magnificence, refulgence, sheen, splendor, splendour). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

великолепие (blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, glory, grandeur, lordliness, magnificence, pageantry, pomp, pride, radiance, radiancy, resplendency, splendor, splendors, splendour), блеск (brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, effulgence, flash, flying colors, glint, glitter, glitz, gloss, lambency, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, resplendency, scintillation, sheen, sheens, shine, shininess, splendor, splendour). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

blistavost (luminosity, radiance, radiancy). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

resplandor (blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, radiance, radiancy, radiation), refulgencia (refulgence). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

prakt (array, glitter, glory, grandeur, magnificence, show, splendor, splendour, state), glans (brightness, brilliancy, burnish, eclat, glare, glaze, glitter, glory, gloss, lambency, lustre, panache, polish, pride, sheen, shine, splendor, splendour). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

parlaklık (brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, flamboyance, flame, flashiness, glazing, gleam, glitter, glossiness, gorgeousness, incandescence, irradiance, lambency, liveliness, lucency, luminescence, luminosity, luster, lustre, lustrousness, polish, radiance, sheen, shine, sleekness, splendidness, splendor, splendour, vividness), ihtişam (array, bravery, brightness, costliness, effulgence, flamboyance, glory, grandeur, grandness, luster, lustre, magnificence, pomp, pride, splendor, splendour, stateliness, sumptuousness), görkem (array, bravery, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, effulgence, glory, gorgeousness, grandeur, magnificence, majesty, pomp, pomposity, radiance, splendidness, splendor, splendour, state, stateliness, sumptuousness). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

блиск (blaze, brightness, brilliance, burnish, coruscation, effulgence, glance, irradiation, luster, lustre, oriency, pomp, scintillation, shine, sparkle, splendor, splendour), пишнота (brilliance, glare, grandeur, lordliness, magnificence, pageantry, panoply, pride, radiance, radiancy, splendor, splendour). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự rực rỡ (fulgentness, radiance, radiancy, refugence, refugency, resplendency, sheen, splendour), sự lộng lẫy (resplendency, sheen, splendour), sự chói lọi (resplendency, splendour). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Resplendence

Derivations

Words beginning with "resplendence": resplendences. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Resplendence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: resplendense. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Resplendence

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-e-l-n-n-p-r-s"

-3 letters: deepeners.

-4 letters: creneled, deepener, needlers, precedes, presence, screened, secerned.

-5 letters: creeled, crenels, decerns, decrees, deepens, lenders, needers, needler, needles, pedlers, peelers, pencels, penners, precede, preened, recedes, relends, seceder, sleeper, slender, sneered, speeder, speeled, speered, spencer, spender.

 Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-e-e-l-n-n-p-r-s"
 

+1 letter: resplendences.

 

+2 letters: resplendencies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Resplendence


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 73 70 6C 65 6E 64 65 6E 63 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01110011 01110000 01101100 01100101 01101110 01100100 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#115 &#112 &#108 &#101 &#110 &#100 &#101 &#110 &#99 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0073 0070 006C 0065 006E 0064 0065 006E 0063 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

527185827871807071806971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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