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
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
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