resplend means to shine radiantly; to be resplendent. It carries an Arena rating of 1708, earned across 74 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, resplend ranks #265 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #3,758 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #4,265 of 17,127 for Most Vivid Words, #4,343 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words.
Why “resplend” is a great word
RESPLEND — [Verb] To shine with magnificent and brilliant radiance. From Latin resplendēre ("to shine brightly"), from re- (intensive) + splendēre ("to shine"). First attested in Middle English (resplenden) in the late 15th century. Unlike "glitter," which implies a faceted, intermittent sparkle from a hard surface, or "gleam," which suggests a soft, brief, or subdued emission, to resplend is to pour forth a steady, sovereign, and all-encompassing light. It is a cathedral window at noon flooding the nave with color, the unblemished white of an Alpine peak at sunrise, or the silent, total blaze of a saint's halo in a medieval fresco—a luminous assertion of presence against the world’s ordinary dimness.
Etymology
From Latin resplendere (“to shine brightly”).
verb
- To shine radiantly; to be resplendent.
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