magnific

American  

[mag-nif-ik] / mægˈnɪf ɪk /

Also magnifical

adjective

Archaic.

1. magnificent; imposing.

2. grandiose; pompous.

---

magnific British  

/ mæɡˈnɪfɪk /

adjective

1. archaic magnificent, grandiose, or pompous

---

Other Word Forms

• magnifically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of magnific

1480–90; < Latin magnificus grand ( see magni-, -fic); replacing earlier magnyfyque < Middle French < Latin as above

Example Sentences

Two temples of magnific size Attract the curious traveller's eyes, That might be envied by the Greeks; Raised up by you in twenty weeks: Here gentle goddess Cloacine Receives all offerings at her shrine.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst

Power is power, my boy, and still Marks a man,—God's gift magnific, exercised for good or ill.

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

Or, again, this of the sun swinging himself above the dark shoulder of Jura-- "Gay he hails her, and magnific, thrilled her black length burns to gold."

From Life of Robert Browning by Sharp, William

Or, again, this of the sun swinging himself above the dark shoulder of Jura — "Gay he hails her, and magnific, thrilled her black length burns to gold."

From Life of Robert Browning by Sharp, William

And dare earth’s bold inhabitants deny The sumptuous, the magnific embassy A moment’s audience?

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward