Regal vs Resplendent - What's the difference?
regal | resplendent |
Of or having to do with royalty.
* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.
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Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
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As a noun regal
is shelf.As an adjective resplendent is
shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.regal
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Alternative forms
* regall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- He made a scorn of his regal oath.
Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.}}
Noun
(en noun)See also
* kingly * royal * splendid * statelyAnagrams
* * * * * ----resplendent
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Adjective
(en adjective)F. E. Penny
Pulling the Strings, passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}