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adjective having or deserving or conferring glory
adjective characterized by grandeur
adjective having great beauty and splendor
originFrom Middle English glorious, from Anglo-Norman glorius and Old French glorïos, from Latin glōriōsus. Displaced native Middle English wulderful, from Old English wuldorfull (“glorious”), among other terms. Equivalent to glory + -ous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0