glorious English · revision 8038

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 13th century|origins=la gloriosus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/ ''(UK)''; /ˈɡloɹ.i.əs/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English, [[bor|xno|glorious]], Old French glorieus, glorious, blessed,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from Latin [[m|la|gloriosus|alt=glōriōsus|t=full of glory, famous; boastful]], from glōria (see [[glory]]).^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Full of glory, illustrious: the late 13th century in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) boastful, proud, 1382 in the OED.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In classical Latin, and in English from the late 14th to the 17th century, it could also mean boastful or vainglorious;^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) eager for glory is an obsolete sense of 1608.^(OED 1989) Splendid in beauty or adornment is from the 14th century.^(OED 1989) Of an achievement, conferring glory, it is from 1548,^(OED 1989) and as a rapturous expression of delight, splendid, from 1623.^(OED 1989) Middle English compared it as gloriouser, gloriousest.^(Etymonline) The ''Glorious Fourth'', the Fourth of July, is an American use.^(OED 1989) Collins records an informal sense, drunk,^(Collins 2023) and in Aberdeenshire Scots glorious meant excited by drink.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 13th century – illustrious.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1382 – boastful (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1548 – conferring glory.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1623 – splendid, delightful.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Having or deserving [[glory]]; famous.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Bringing glory: ''a glorious victory''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Very beautiful; [[magnificent]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Delightful; wonderful: ''glorious weather''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[gloriously]]

+ * [[gloriousness]]

+ * [[inglorious]]

+ * [[superglorious]]

+ * [[unglorious]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[glorify]]

+ * [[glory]]

+ * [[vainglorious]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}