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Latin
Etymology
From glōria (“glory”) + -osus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
glōriōsus (feminine glōriōsa, neuter glōriōsum, comparative glōriōsior, superlative glōriōsissimus, adverb glōriōsē); first/second-declension adjective
- glorious, full of glory
- Synonym: lautus
- famous, renowned
- boasting, boastful, haughty, conceited, proud, eager for glory
405 CE,
Jerome,
Vulgate Proverbs.25.14:
- Nūbēs, et ventu, et pluviae nōn sequentēs, vir glōriōsus et prōmissa nōn conplēns.
- 1752) translation by Douay-Rheims, Challoner rev.
- As clouds, and wind, when no rain followeth, so is the man that boasteth, and doth not fulfill his promises.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “gloriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gloriosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gloriosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)