a. [a. L. splendescent-, splendescens, pres. pple. of splendes-cĕre to become bright.] Splendid, gorgeous.
1848. Clough, Bothie, i. Splendescent as a god of Olympus.
1850. Brit. Museum (Chambers), 225. Some of these little creatures, with their inimitable plumage of splendescent purple.
