Resplendent means shining brilliantly and richly dressed. Resplendent in uniform, a resplendent hall, resplendent with gold.
It takes in or with, and it is used more of people dressed for an occasion than of anything actually shining. There is usually a light touch of humour in it, since resplendent is a very grand word for somebody in a good suit.
1adjectiveresplendentShining brilliantly and richly dressed.
“The bride looked resplendent in a gown of white silk and pearls.”
resplendent is a quality.
Latin resplendere means to shine brightly, from re- plus splendere, to shine.
Latin
splendere — to shine
English, today
resplendent
Built from
From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish (“to shine”), from Latin splendere (“to shine”), or from resplend + ent, from Latin resplendere (“to shine back, glitter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA