splendour
    n 1: a quality that outshines the usual [syn: luster,
         lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour]
    2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
       magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
       hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";
       "it is the university that gives the scene its stately
       splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and
       colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and
       elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence,
       brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur,
       grandness]