mid-15c., from Middle French esplendour, Anglo-French esplendour (Old French splendeur, splendor, 12c.) or directly from Latin splendor "brilliance, brightness," from splendere "be bright, shine" (see splendid).
例文
1. Never in his life had he gazed on such splendor .
彼は生涯、これほど輝かしい壮麗な場面を見たことがない。
2.The author tried to depict the splendor of the sunset.