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
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
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
In a little while, Vulcan grew proud, because he saw plain signs That he should be a father; and so he Strutted through hell, and pushed the devils by, Like a magnifico of Venice.
From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini by Moses, Montrose Jonas
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