magnifico

[ mag-nif-i-koh ]
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noun,plural mag·nif·i·coes.
  1. a Venetian nobleman.

  2. any person of high rank, major importance, etc.

Origin of magnifico

1
1565–75; noun use of Italian magnifico (adj.) <Latin magnificus.See magnific

Words Nearby magnifico

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How to use magnifico in a sentence

  • He is obscure enough, and makes me sometimes wonder whether the ignotum does not pass itself off for the magnifico in his pages.

  • By the same profuse expenditure his grandson Lorenzo became known as Lorenzo il magnifico.

    Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe Collins
  • The Baglioni are rarely mentioned without the title of magnifico being added to their name.

    The Story of Perugia | Margaret Symonds
  • It was the beginning of April 1492, and the magnifico was only in his forty-fourth year.

    The Story of Florence | Edmund G. Gardner
  • All the more prominent members of the Medicean family were styled magnifico in the same way.

    The Story of Florence | Edmund G. Gardner

British Dictionary definitions for magnifico

magnifico

/ (mæɡˈnɪfɪˌkəʊ) /


nounplural -coes
  1. a magnate; grandee

Origin of magnifico

1
C16: Italian from Latin magnificus; see magnific

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