Definition of Magneficent

Definition of Magneficent

Mag*nif"i*cent (?), a. [See Magnificence.] 1. Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great power or opulence, especially in building, way of living, and munificence.

A prince is never so magnificent
As when he's sparing to enrich a few
With the injuries of many.

Massinger.

2. Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor; splendid; pompous.

When Rome's exalted beauties I descry
Magnificent in piles of ruin lie.

Addison.

Syn. -- Glorious; majestic; sublime. See Grand.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

MAGNIFICENT, adj. Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that to
which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of an ass, to a rabbit,
or the glory of a glowworm, to a maggot.

- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

grand, elegant or splendid in appearance
grand or noble in action
exceptional for its kind

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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