Pronunciation: mag- ' ni-fik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle French magnifique, from Latin magnificus
Date: 15th century
1 : MAGNIFICENT 2
2 : imposing in size or dignity <a magnific temple>
3 a : SUBLIME , EXALTED b : characterized by grandiloquence : POMPOUS <commenced the conversation in the most magnific style ― S. T. Coleridge>
– mag · nif · i · cal \ -fi-k ə l \ adjective
– mag · nif · i · cal · ly \ -k( ə -)l ē \ adverb