different between elaborate vs splendid

English

Etymology

1575, from Late Latin ?lab?r?tus (“worked out”), past participle of ?lab?r? (“to work out”), from ?- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour.

Pronunciation

• Adjective: ?l?'b?r?t, IPA^(key): /??læb???t/
• Verb: ?l?'b?r?t, IPA^(key): /??læb??e?t/

Adjective

elaborate (comparative more elaborate, superlative most elaborate)

1. Complex, detailed, or sophisticated.

2. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy.

   • The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.

Translations

Verb

elaborate (third-person singular simple present elaborates, present participle elaborating, simple past and past participle elaborated)

1. (transitive) to develop in detail or complexity
   • 1871, "Bismarck", All the Year Round (volume 5, page 129)

     […] by the time of the subsequent coronation, when the Prussian king put the crown on his own head in child-like belief of the obsolete doctrine called divine right, the untiring statesman had elaborated his scheme of reform.
2. (intransitive) (sometimes followed by on or upon, and then the object of the preposition) to expand/enlarge in detail

   What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate?

   Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?

Translations

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /elabo?rate/

Verb

elaborate

1. adverbial present passive participle of elaborar

Italian

Adjective

elaborate

1. feminine plural of elaborato

Verb

elaborate

1. second-person plural present indicative of elaborare
2. second-person plural imperative of elaborare
3. feminine plural of the past participle of elaborare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e?.la.bo??ra?.te/, [e???äbo???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.la.bo?ra.te/, [?l?b?????t??]

Verb

?lab?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of ?lab?r?

English

Etymology

From Latin splendidus, from splendere (“to shine”) +? -idus (“adjective forming suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?spl?nd?d/
• Rhymes: -?nd?d

Adjective

splendid (comparative splendider or more splendid, superlative splendidest or most splendid)

1. Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright.

2. Gorgeous; magnificent; sumptuous; of remarkable beauty.

3. Brilliant, excellent, of a very high standard.
   • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

     Hart had to make two splendid saves as Van Persie and Di María took aim and Fellaini should really have done better with a headed chance.

Synonyms

• great
• magnificent
• marvellous

Derived terms

• splendidness
• splendid first strike

Related terms

• resplend
• resplendent
• splendor

Translations

Anagrams

• spindled

Romanian

Etymology

From French splendide, from Latin splendidus.

Adjective

splendid m or n (feminine singular splendid?, masculine plural splendizi, feminine and neuter plural splendide)

1. splendid

Declension