Meanings
comparative more magnific · superlative most magnific · alternative magnifick · alternative magnificke
- obsoleteMagnificent, splendid; illustrious.First known use 15th–19th c.
Then too the pillar'd Dome, magnific, heav'd / Its ample Roof […].
a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC1 more example
Dread Soverayne Goddesse, that doest highest sit / In seate of judgement in th'Almighties stead, / And with magnificke might and wondrous wit / Does to thy people righteous doome aread […].
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinmagnificus
- Middle Frenchmagnifique
- Englishmagnific
From Middle French magnifique, and its source, Latin magnificus. Doublet of magnifico.
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