[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality or state of being splendid; magnificence, grandeur.
1648. J. Beaumont, Psyche, VIII. lxiii. (1702), 109. Resolv’d to try his eyes Upon that Infant-face of Splendidness.
a. 1657. W. Burton, Itin. Anton., 251. The splendidness of the Buildings, and the magnificence of the Churches.
1674. Bp. Croft, Fast Serm., 14. Their splendidness and voluptuousness of living.
1728. Morgan, Algiers, I. iii. 44. He drew the Eyes of all the Spectators by the Splendidness of his purple Robe.
