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Webster 1913 Edition
Glorious
1.
Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; splendid; illustrious; inspiring admiration;
as,
. glorious
deedsThese are thy
glorious
works, Parent of good ! Milton.
2.
Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.
[Obs.]
Most miserable
Is the desire that’s
Is the desire that’s
glorious
. Shakespeare
3.
Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.
[Colloq.]
kings may be blest, but Tam was
O'er all the ills of life victorious.
– glorious
,O'er all the ills of life victorious.
Burns.
Glo′ri-ous-ly
, adv.
Glo′ri-ous-ness
, Noun.
Udall.
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed
gloriously
. Ex. xv. 21.
I speak it not
gloriously
, nor out of affectation. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Glorious
GLO'RIOUS
,Adj.
1.
Illustrious; of exalted excellence and splendor; resplendent in majesty and divine attributes; applied to God. Ex.15.11.2.
Noble; excellent; renowned; celebrated; illustrious; very honorable; applied to men,their achievements, titles, &c. Let us remember we are Cato's friends,
And act like men who claim that glorious title.
3.
Boastful; self-exulting; haughty; ostentatious.Definition 2024
glorious
glorious
English
Adjective
glorious (comparative gloriouser or more glorious, superlative gloriousest or most glorious)
- Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory; noble; praiseworthy; excellent; illustrious; inspiring admiration; as, glorious deeds.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III, line 351:
- Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, / The spirit-stirring drum, th' ear-piercing fife, / The royal banner, and all quality, / Pride, pomp and circumstance of glorious war!
- (Can we date this quote?) John Milton:
- These are thy glorious works, Parent of good.
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- Borini missed another glorious opportunity to give his side the lead after brilliant set-up play by Sterling, but with only the exposed keeper to beat, he struck the post.
- 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III, line 351:
- Splendid; resplendent; bright; shining, as the sun, gold, or other shiny objects.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II, Act III, Scene I, line 351:
- And this fell tempest shall not cease to rage / Until the golden circuit on my head, / Like to the glorious sun's transparent beams, / Do calm the fury of this mad-bred flaw.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II, Act III, Scene I, line 351:
- (obsolete) Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act I, Scene VI, line 6:
- […] but most miserable / Is the desire that’s glorious: blest be those, / How mean soe’er, that have their honest wills, / Which seasons comfort. […]
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, Act I, Scene VI, line 6:
- (colloquial) Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.
- (Can we date this quote?) Robert Burns:
- […] kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O’er all the ills of life victorious.
- (Can we date this quote?) John Dryden:
- During his office treason was no crime, The sons of Belial had a glorious time.
- (Can we date this quote?) Robert Burns:
Derived terms
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Translations
exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory
splendid; resplendent; bright; shining
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Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adjective
glorious m (oblique and nominative feminine singular gloriouse) (Anglo-Norman)
- glorious
- 13th century, Unknown, La Vie de Saint Laurent, page 11, column 2, line 2:
-
dunc dist Damnedeu glorious
- so, he says [to] glorious God
-
dunc dist Damnedeu glorious
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Declension
Declension of glorious
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | glorious | gloriouse | glorious |
| Oblique | glorious | gloriouse | glorious | |
| Plural | Subject | glorious | gloriouses | glorious |
| Oblique | glorious | gloriouses | glorious |