magnific

See also: magnífic

English

Alternative forms

• magnifick, magnificke (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French magnifique, and its source, Latin magnificus. Doublet of magnifico.

Adjective

magnific (comparative more magnific, superlative most magnific)

1. (obsolete) Magnificent, splendid; illustrious. [15th–19th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Dread Soverayne Goddesse, that doest highest sit / In seate of judgement in th'Almighties stead, / And with magnificke might and wondrous wit / Does to thy people righteous doome aread […].

   • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:

     Then too the pillar'd Dome, magnific, heav'd / Its ample Roof […] .

Derived terms

• magnifically

Romanian

Alternative forms

• магнифик (magnific) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French magnifique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɡˈni.fik/
• Rhymes: -ifik
• Hyphenation: mag‧ni‧fic

Adjective

magnific m or n (feminine singular magnifică, masculine plural magnifici, feminine/neuter plural magnifice)

1. magnificent

Declension

Declension of magnific

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	magnific		magnifică	magnifici	magnifice
	definite	magnificul		magnifica	magnificii	magnificele
genitive- dative	indefinite	magnific		magnifice	magnifici	magnifice
	definite	magnificului		magnificei	magnificilor	magnificelor

Further reading

• “magnific”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026