SUPREME WORD OF THE DAY
RESPLENDENT
PRONUNCIATION:
MEANING:
adjective: Shining; brilliant; radiant; splendid.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin resplendere (to shine
brightly), from re- (intensive prefix) + splendere (to shine). Earliest
documented use: 1440.
USAGE:
"Gilderoy Lockhart was walking
onto the stage, resplendent in robes of deep plum."J.K. Rowling; Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets; Bloomsbury; 1998. wordsmith.org
Lady Supreme!!!!
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