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magnifico

American  
[mag-nif-i-koh] / mægˈnɪf ɪˌkoʊ /

noun

plural

magnificoes
  1. a Venetian nobleman.

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


magnifico British  
/ mæɡˈnɪfɪˌkəʊ /

noun

  1. a magnate; grandee

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of magnifico

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

Example Sentences

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He fed a story to the Independent, revealing that McDaniel was not the only magnifico with an interest in Dulwich.

From The Guardian • Oct. 26, 2018

Every single thing Ranieri has done all season has been magnifico.

From The Guardian • May 15, 2016

Last week William Fox, that bald and beady-eyed onetime magnifico of cinema, sprang at his adversaries in eleven directions at once.

From Time Magazine Archive

This myth dies hard: started by the ruthless city-boss Lorenzo Il magnifico himself, prolonged by his sons, nourished by poets, flacks and hero-seeking historians from Poliziano to Jakob Burckhardt, it seems ineradicable, like kudzu.

From Time Magazine Archive

Omne ignotum pro magnifico est; every one knows that, even if he never heard of Virgil, and it is especially true of such natures as James'.

From The Whirligig of Time by Williams, Wayland Wells