Noun

(en-noun)

Great light, luster or brilliance.

* Rudyard Kipling The Just So Stories; How the Rhinoceros got its skin:

"Once upon a time on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental-splendour. "

Magnificent appearance, display or grandeur.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.}}

Great fame or glory.

Noun

(en noun)

Joy; pleasure.

* Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2

A fool hath no delight in understanding.

* Shakespeare

Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

Something that gives great joy or pleasure.

* Milton:

Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight .

* (Greensleeves):

Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight,