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mag⋅ni⋅fic

[mag-nif-ik]
–adjective Archaic.
1. magnificent; imposing.
2. grandiose; pompous.
Also, mag⋅nif⋅i⋅cal.


Origin:
1480–90; < L magnificus grand (see magni-, -fic ); r. earlier magnyfyque < MF < L as above


mag⋅nif⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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mag·nif·ic   (māg-nĭf'ĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Magnificent.

  2. Imposingly large.

  3. Exalted.

  4. Pompous; grandiloquent.


[Middle English magnifique, from Old French, from Latin magnificus : magnus, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots + -ficus, -fic.]
mag·nif'i·cal·ly adv.
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