magnific
Americanadjective
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magnificent; imposing.
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grandiose; pompous.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of magnific
1480–90; < Latin magnificus grand ( see magni-, -fic); replacing earlier magnyfyque < Middle French < Latin as above
Example Sentences
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Thus far, in magnific strain, A young poet soothed his vein, But he had nor prose nor numbers, To express a princess' slumbers.—
From The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Lamb, Charles
He commenced the conversation in the most magnific style, and a sort of pioneering to his own vanity, he flattered me with such grossness!
From The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 by Gillman, James
Geneva refused asylum to the proscribed philosopher; he was warned of hostile intentions on the part of the magnific signiors of Berne.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Black, Robert
One magnific pall Mantled in massive fold and fall His head, and coiled in snaky swathes About His feet; night's black, that bathes All else, broke, grizzled with despair, Against the soul of blackness there.
From Robert Browning by Dowden, Edward
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
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