splendour
noun
[ ˈsplɛndə ]
• magnificent and splendid appearance; grandeur.
• "the barren splendour of the Lake District"
Similar:
magnificence,
grandeur,
sumptuousness,
impressiveness,
resplendence,
opulence,
luxury,
luxuriousness,
richness,
fineness,
lavishness,
ornateness,
glory,
gloriousness,
gorgeousness,
splendidness,
beauty,
elegance,
majesty,
stateliness,
nobility,
pomp,
pomp and circumstance,
panoply,
pageantry,
spectacle,
ritziness,
poshness,
splendiferousness,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French splendur or Latin splendor, from splendere ‘shine, be bright’.
