Extremely impressive, beautiful, or magnificent; wonderful and impressive to see or experience.
From Latin 'splendidus' meaning bright or shining, from 'splendere' meaning to shine or sparkle. The word originally referred to literal brightness before evolving to mean impressive in general.
The word 'splendid' comes from the idea of something shining brightly—which is why when Victorians wanted to praise something enthusiastically, they borrowed a word about light, connecting human awe to the way our eyes respond to brightness.
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