from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
splendour
n 1: a quality that outshines the usual [syn: {luster},
{lustre}, {brilliancy}, {splendor}, {splendour}]
2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";
"it is the university that gives the scene its stately
splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and
colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and
elegance it brings to their products" [syn: {magnificence},
{brilliance}, {splendor}, {splendour}, {grandeur},
{grandness}]