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mag·nif·i·cent    (mg-nf-snt) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

1. Splendid in appearance; grand: a magnificent palace.
2. Grand or noble in thought or deed; exalted.
3. Outstanding of its kind; superlative: a magnificent place for sailing. See Synonyms at grand.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from magnificence, splendor, from Latin magnificentia, from magnificent- comparative and superlative stem of magnificus, magnificent ; see magnific

OTHER FORMS:
mag·nifi·cent·ly (Adverb)

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