- transplendent
- (adj) resplendent in the highest degree
resplendent |riˈsplendənt|adjectiveattractive and impressive through being richly colorful or sumptuous : she was resplendent in a sea-green dress. See note at bright
Transplendent is an odd word, not in Merriam-Webster, but in Wiktionary, that identifies the 1913 edition of Webster's as its source. I don't know what to make of it.
Huh. To the OED?
ReplyDeleteI didn't think of that.
DeleteI haven't heard of transplendent before (neither has the spell-checker). It sounds rather made up to me, and superfluous. Why should one want more than resplendent?
ReplyDeleteMy thought exactly!
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