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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Latin
Origin: magnificus 'very impressive, excellent', from magnus 'great'

magnificent

 adjective
     
mag‧nif‧i‧cent
very good or beautiful, and very impressive:
a magnificent performance
The twelve-mile coastline has magnificent scenery.
She looked magnificent in a long red dress.
—magnificently adverb
—magnificence noun [uncountable]
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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