nitidus

Meaning

1. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) shining, polished, glittering
2. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) handsome, beautiful, good-looking
3. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) healthy-looking, well conditioned
4. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) sleek, plump
5. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) blooming, fertile
6. (adjective, declension-1, declension-2) cultivated, refined
7. (Late-Latin, adjective, declension-1, declension-2) pure, clean

Concepts

bright

fat

flowering

gainly

handsome

shining

beautiful

sleek

Synonyms

speciosus

clārus

lūcidus

Translations

زين

حسن

نَيﱢر

زاهٍ

brillant

maco

resplandor

guapo

anmutig

ansehnlicher

glänzend

hell

hübsch

schön

مُضِيء

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈnɪ.tɪ.dʊs]

Etymology

From niteō (“to shine”) + -idus. The extended sense of 'pure, clean' (first attested in Marcellus Empiricus, ca. 400 CE) survives in the Gallo- and Italo-Romance descendants of the word.