magnifico
Americannoun
plural
magnificoes-
a Venetian nobleman.
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any person of high rank, major importance, etc.
noun
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
Triple-chinned Diego Rivera's habitual garrulity was reduced to a murmured "magnifico, magnifico" as he passed from picture to picture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most forcible expression came from the onetime First Lord of the Admiralty, Leopold S. Amery, in a London speech: Jay Cooke I was a 19th-Century magnifico, and looked it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Omne ignotum, says Tacitus, pro magnifico; that is, everything which lies amongst the shades and darkness of the indefinite, and everything which is in the last degree confused, seems infinite.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)
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