MAGNIFICENT Definition & Meaning

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magnificent

[ mag-nif-uh-suhnt ]

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adjective

making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.:
a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
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extraordinarily fine; superb:
a magnificent opportunity; magnificent weather.
noble; sublime:
a magnificent poem.
(usually initial capital letter) (formerly used as a title of some rulers) great; grand:
Lorenzo the Magnificent.
lavishly munificent; extravagant:
a magnificent inheritance.

magnificent

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adjective

splendid or impressive in appearance
superb or very fine
(esp of ideas) noble or elevated
archaic.
great or exalted in rank or action

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of magnificent¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin magnificent-, stem of magnificentior “grander,” comparative of magnificus magnific

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of magnificent¹

C16: from Latin magnificentio more splendid; irregular comparative of magnificus great in deeds; see magnific

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Synonym Study

Magnificent, gorgeous, splendid, superb are terms of high admiration and all are used informally in weak exaggeration. Something that is magnificent is beautiful, princely, grand, or ostentatious: a magnificent display of paintings; a magnificent view of the harbor. That which is gorgeous moves one to admiration by the richness and (often colorful) variety of its effects: a gorgeous array of handsome gifts. That which is splendid is dazzling or impressive in its brilliance, radiance, or excellence: splendid jewels; a splendid body of scholars. That which is superb is above others in, or is of the highest degree of, excellence, elegance, or (less often, today) grandeur: a superb concert; superb wines.

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Take mole, one of the most complex and magnificent sauces in the world.

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While this was going on, a magnificent little ball-striker, Gary Player, showed up from South Africa and made it a threesome.

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There is simply no guarantee that today's "magnificent seven" will remain magnificent or even stay as the same seven firms.

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Sometimes, the magnificent creature will declare itself with a distinct cry and you know a fresh human baby is in your midst.

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When this postcard was made, probably in the early 1950s, Deodar House had become a hotel/boarding house with “appointments and comforts of your own home in a magnificent five-acre setting ….”

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