munificent

[ myoo-nif-uh-suhnt ]

/ myuˈnɪf ə sənt /

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adjective

extremely liberal in giving; very generous.

characterized by great generosity: a munificent bequest.

Nearby words

municipal court, municipalism, municipality, municipalize, munificence, munificent, muniment, muniment room, muniments, munin, munite

Origin of munificent

1575–85; back formation from Latin mūnificentia generosity, munificence, equivalent to mūnific(us) generous (muni-, combining form of mūnus gift + -ficus -fic) + -entia -ence

SYNONYMS FOR munificent

1 bountiful, bounteous, lavish.

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ANTONYMS FOR munificent

1 niggardly.

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Related forms

mu·nif·i·cence, mu·nif·i·cent·ness, nounmu·nif·i·cent·ly, adverbun·mu·nif·i·cent, adjectiveun·mu·nif·i·cent·ly, adverb

Can be confused

beneficent munificentmagnificent munificent

Synonym study

1. See generous.

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Examples from the Web for munificent

We remain a people powerful with ideas and capable of munificent grace.
The True State of Our Independence: What Does America Stand For?|Benjamin Busch|July 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Of art he was a judicious critic, as well as a munificent patron.
The Public Life of Queen Victoria|John McGilchrist
Whilst the poet lived Dyson was his munificent patron, and when death had stepped in between them, his literary executor.
A Book about Doctors|John Cordy Jeaffreson
He was a munificent and discerning patron of rising artists.
A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature|John W. Cousin

He again hails him as "a munificent friend of science and literature."
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening,|Samuel Felton
My new work was not only much lighter and pleasanter, but it paid me the munificent salary of eight dollars a week.
The Long Day|Dorothy Richardson

British Dictionary definitions for munificent

munificent

/ (mjuːˈnɪfɪsənt) /

adjective

(of a person) very generous; bountiful

(of a gift) generous; liberal

Derived Forms

munificence or munificentness, nounmunificently, adverb

Word Origin for munificent

C16: back formation from Latin mūnificentia liberality, from mūnificus, from mūnus gift + facere to make

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