English Online Dictionary. What means magnificent? What does magnificent mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English magnificent, from Middle French magnificent, from Latin magnificentior, comparative of magnificus (“great in deeds or sentiment, noble, splendid, etc.”), from magnus (“great”) + -ficēns, a form of -ficiēns, the regular form, in compounds, of faciēns, a participle of facere (“to do”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/
- Hyphenation: mag‧nif‧i‧cent
Adjective
magnificent (comparative more magnificent, superlative most magnificent)
- Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
- Grand or noble in action.
- Exceptional for its kind.
Derived terms
- magnificent bird of paradise
- magnificent frigate bird, magnificent frigatebird
- magnificent seven
- magnificently
- supermagnificent
Related terms
- magnificence
- beneficent
- maleficent
- munificent
- omnificent
Translations
Further reading
- “magnificent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “magnificent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “magnificent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
Verb
magnificent
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of magnificō