SPLENDIOUS ADJ. splendid, very impressive, very good ...1609 obs. ETYMOLOGY ? from Italian splendioso FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1609 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Sir that is France, a faire beseeming friend, On yonder continent stands Ireland, On this side Brittaine, and on that side Garsie, Ilands besides of much hostillitie, Which are as sun-shine, sometimes splendious, Anon disposed to altering frailtie. We that all neighbor must so strēgth our being, As fearelesse we may frolicke yet not seeing...." From: The History of the Two Maids of More-clacke, with the Life and Simple Maner of Iohn in the Hospitall - Robert Armin
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