glorious
Middle English
/ˈɡlɔːriuːs/
adj
Definitions
- Recognised, acclaimed, well-known; having an excellent reputation.
- Deserving religious recognition or commendation; godly.
- Marvelous or wonderful to the senses: attractive, pleasing.
- Amazing, great; bearing good quality or reputation.
- (rare) Vain, bragging, self-aggrandising.
Etymology
Borrowed from glorius derived from Latin glōriōsus (glorious).
Origin
Latin
glōriōsus
Gloss
glorious
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- glorious English
- gloriously English
- gloriousness English
- glory English
- inglorious English
- self-glorious English
- unglorious English
- gloriose Latin
- glōriōsus Latin
- gloriously Middle English
- glorïos Old French
- glorios Old Occitan
- glorius xno