magnum
[ mag-nuh m ]
/ ˈmæg nəm /
noun
a large wine bottle having a capacity of two ordinary bottles or 1.5 liters (1.6 quarts).
a magnum cartridge or firearm.
adjective
(of a cartridge) equipped with a larger charge than other cartridges of the same size.
(of a firearm) using such a cartridge.
Informal. unusually great in power or size: a magnum spotlight; a magnum dosage.
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Origin of magnum
1780–90; < Latin, neuter of magnus large; in reference to firearms, orig. used as a trademark by the Smith and Wesson Co.
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magnum
/ (ˈmæɡnəm) /
noun plural -nums
a wine bottle holding the equivalent of two normal bottles (approximately 52 fluid ounces)
Word Origin for magnum
C18: from Latin: a big thing, from magnus large
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magnum
1788, "bottle containing two quarts of wine or spirits," from Latin magnum, neuter of magnus "great in size" (see magnate). Registered 1935 by Smith & Wesson Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts, as the name of a powerful type of handgun.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper