magnificent
/mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
adj
Exceptional for its kind.
Example Sentences
- "“Do I fidget you ?” he asked apologetically, whilst his long bony fingers buried themselves, string, knots, and all, into the capacious pockets of his magnificent tweed ulster."
- "Armstrong: "Isn't that something! Magnificent sight out here." Aldrin: "Magnificent desolation.""
- "They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too."
- "Substitute Edin Dzeko scrambled in a fourth and the magnificent David Silva ran clear to add another, before the Bosnian striker inflicted the final wound seconds from the end."
Etymology
From Middle English magnificent, from Middle French magnificent, from Latin magnificentior, comparative of magnificus (“great in deeds or sentiment, noble, splendid, etc.”), from magnus (“great”) + -ficēns, a form of -ficiēns, the regular form, in compounds, of faciēns, a participle of facere (“to do”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: magnificent, magnificentior
Inflected Forms
more magnificent (comparative)
most magnificent (superlative)