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mag⋅nif⋅i⋅co

  [mag-nif-i-koh]
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–noun, plural -coes.
1. a Venetian nobleman.
2. any person of high rank, major importance, etc.
Origin:
1565–75; n. use of It magnifico (adj.) < L magnificus. See magnific
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mag·nif·i·co   (māg-nĭf'ĭ-kō')   
n.   pl. mag·nif·i·coes

  1. A person of distinguished rank, importance, or appearance: "He is both an old-world and a new-world figure, a feudal magnifico and a modern technocrat" (Observer).

  2. A nobleman of the Venetian Republic.


[Italian, magnificent, magnifico, from Latin magnificus; see magnific.]
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