LekhoriLekhoriShining; glossy; lustrous.
splendent planets
Very conspicuous; illustrious.
great and splendent fortunes
Splendid, marvellous, wonderful.
After the triumph followed the faire Parthenopeian Leria, with a lawrell crowne, accompanied with Melanthia, whose habites and voices represented the pride of Greece,[A] whereupon the great Macedon rested his head: She bare a splendent lampe, communicating the light thereof with hir companion, then the rest more excellent both in voice and song.
From Middle English splendaunt, from Old French splendiant, present participle of esplendiier, and esplendent, and Latin splendēns, splendentis, present participle of splendēre (“to shine”).
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