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English
Etymology
Coined by Michael Drayton in 1627
Adjective
splendidious (comparative more splendidious, superlative most splendidious)
- (obsolete) splendid
1627, Michael Drayton, “Moses his birth and miracles”, in The Muses Elizium lately discouered, page 173:Celesliall brightnesse ceazed on his face,
That did the wondring Israelites amaze,
When he returned from that souereigne place,
His browes encireled with splendidious rayes.