magnificent

English

Etymology

From Latin as if *magnificens, equivalent to magnificus (“great in deeds or sentiment, noble, splendid, etc.”), from magnus (“great”) + -ficens, an accom. form of -ficiens, the reg. form in compounds of faciens, ppr. of facere (“to do”).

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Adjective

magnificent (comparative more magnificent, superlative most magnificent)

1. Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
2. Grand or noble in action.
3. Exceptional for its kind.
   • 2011 October 23, Phil McNulty, “Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City”, BBC Sport:

     Substitute Edin Dzeko scrambled in a fourth and the magnificent David Silva ran clear to add another another, before the Bosnian striker inflicted the final wound seconds from the end.

Related terms

• magnificence

Translations

grand, elegant or splendid in appearance

Arabic: عظيم (ar) (ʿaẓīm), رائع (ar) (rāʾiḥ) Armenian: փառահեղ (hy) (p’aṙaheġ), վեհաշուք (hy) (vehašuk’), պերճ (hy) (perč̣) Chinese: Mandarin: 壯麗 (zh), 壮丽 (zh) (zhuànglì), 堂皇 (zh) (tánghuáng) Dutch: prachtig (nl) Esperanto: belega (eo) Finnish: suurenmoinen (fi), hieno (fi), upea (fi), mahtava (fi) French: magnifique (fr) German: prächtig (de)

Italian: magnifico (it) Japanese: 素晴しい (ja) (すばらしい, subarashii) Korean: 장엄한 (ko) (jang-eom-han) Portuguese: magnífico (pt) Russian: великолепный (ru) (velikolépnyj) Serbian: veličanstven Spanish: magnífico (es), macanudo (es) Swedish: storartad (sv)

grand or noble in action

exceptional for its kind

German: ausgezeichnet (de)

External links

• magnificent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• magnificent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• magnificent at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Latin

Verb

magnificent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of magnificō