splendor

splendor
noun
1. the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand (Freq. 2)
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for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel

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his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects

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it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor

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an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art

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advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products

Syn: ↑magnificence, ↑brilliance, ↑splendour, ↑grandeur, ↑grandness
Derivationally related forms: ↑grand (for: ↑grandness), ↑brilliant (for: ↑brilliance), ↑magnificent (for: ↑magnificence)
Hypernyms: ↑elegance
Hyponyms: ↑eclat
2. a quality that outshines the usual (Freq. 2)
Syn: ↑luster, ↑lustre, ↑brilliancy, ↑splendour
Derivationally related forms: ↑brilliant (for: ↑brilliancy)
Hypernyms: ↑brightness

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