GRANDEUR


Meaning of GRANDEUR in English

/gran"jeuhr, -joor/ , n.

1. the quality or state of being impressive or awesome: the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains.

2. the quality or state of being lofty or elevated in conception or treatment: the grandeur of a prose style.

3. the quality or state of being exalted in some deliberate way: the grandeur of a royal court.

4. an instance of something that is grand: the grandeurs of Rembrandt's paintings.

[ 1490-1500; grand- GRAND + -eur -OR 1 ]

Syn. 3. stateliness, majesty; pomp, splendor.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .