Magnificent

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Magnificent \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.
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              A prince is never so magnificent
              As when he's sparing to enrich a few
              With the injuries of many.            --Massinger.
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     2. Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor;
        splendid; pompous.
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              When Rome's exalted beauties I descry
              Magnificent in piles of ruin lie.     --Addison.
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     Syn: Glorious; majestic; sublime. See {Grand}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  magnificent
       adj : characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur;
             "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious
             work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid
             coronation ceremony" [syn: {brilliant}, {glorious}, {splendid}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  83 Moby Thesaurus words for "magnificent":
     Babylonian, Corinthian, august, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric,
     brilliant, commanding, deluxe, distinguished, divine, elaborate,
     elegant, elevated, eminent, exalted, excellent, exquisite,
     extravagant, famous, fancy, fine, gilt-edged, glorious, godlike,
     golden, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, great, heavenly, heroic, high,
     immense, imposing, impressive, lauded, lavish, lofty, lordly,
     luxurious, magnanimous, majestic, marvelous, noble, opulent,
     outstanding, palatial, plush, posh, princely, prominent, proud,
     regal, renowned, resplendent, rich, ritzy, sensational, soaring,
     splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, splendorous, stately,
     sterling, sublime, sumptuous, super, superb, supereminent,
     superexcellent, superfancy, superfine, superior, superlative,
     swank, swanky, swell, terrific, towering, tremendous, wonderful
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  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.