splendent
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Vpon hir Eares did hang two Sumptuous and Riche orientall Pearles, which to the artificiall order of hir hayre added a certen splendent brightnes.
From The Palace of Pleasure Volume 3 by William Painter
O she was worthy to be Queene of heaven; Her beauty, e're it suffred violence, Was like the Sunne in his Meridian Throne, Too splendent for weake eyes to gaze upon.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen
It occurs in splendent rhombohedral crystals, and in massive and earthy forms; — the last called red ocher.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section F, G and H by Project Gutenberg
It seemed that this splendent host must have been placed here by some magic hand, alert, vigorous, immaculate, eager for the battle.
From A Soldier of Virginia by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Jarl Eric, splendent with this victory, not to speak of that over the Jomsburgers with his father long ago, was now made Governor of Norway: Governor or quasi-sovereign, with his brother, Jarl.
From Early Kings of Norway by Thomas Carlyle