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splendiferous

PRONUNCIATION:

(splen-DIF-uhr-uhs)

MEANING:

adjective: Extraordinarily impressive; magnificent.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin splendor (brilliance) + -fer (bearing). Earliest documented use: 1500.

USAGE:

“We stop here and at the Royal Barges Museum to admire eight of the Thai royal family’s splendiferous river barges.”
Penny Watson; Song of the River; Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia); Oct 9, 2022.

See more usage examples of splendiferous in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed, and color, we would find some other cause for prejudice by noon. -George D. Aiken, US senator (20 Aug 1892-1984)

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