magnific
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adjective \mag-ˈni-fik\Definition of MAGNIFIC
1
: magnificent 2
2
: imposing in size or dignity <a magnific temple>
3
a : sublime, exalted b : characterized by grandiloquence : pompous <commenced the conversation in the most magnific style — S. T. Coleridge>
— mag·nif·i·cal \-fi-kəl\ adjective
— mag·nif·i·cal·ly \-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
Examples of MAGNIFIC
- <his letter to me was written in such a magnific style that I half wondered if he had penned it with a quill>
- <the pyramids at Giza remain among the most magnific edifices the world has ever seen>
Origin of MAGNIFIC
Middle French magnifique, from Latin magnificus
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to MAGNIFIC
- Synonyms
- aureate, florid, grandiloquent, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-flown, high-sounding, flowery, ornate, purple, rhetorical (also rhetoric)
- Antonyms
- humble, unheroic, unimposing, unimpressive
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