different between magnificent vs magnific

English

Etymology

From Middle French magnificent, from Latin magnificentior, comparative of magnificus (“great in deeds or sentiment, noble, splendid, etc.”), from magnus (“great”) + -ficens, a form of -ficiens, the regular form, in compounds, of faciens, a participle of facere (“to do”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ??n?f?s?nt/
• Hyphenation: mag?nif?i?cent

Adjective

magnificent (comparative more magnificent, superlative most magnificent)

1. Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
2. Grand or noble in action.
3. Exceptional for its kind.

Derived terms

• magnificently
• magnificent frigatebird

Related terms

• magnificence
• beneficent
• maleficent
• munificent

Translations

Further reading

• magnificent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• magnificent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• magnificent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Verb

magnificent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of magnific?

English

Alternative forms

• magnifick, magnificke (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French magnifique, and its source, Latin magnificus. Doublet of magnifico.

Adjective

magnific (comparative more magnific, superlative most magnific)

1. (obsolete) Magnificent, splendid; illustrious. [15th-19th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.1:

     Dread Soverayne Goddesse, that doest highest sit / In seate of judgement in th'Almighties stead, / And with magnificke might and wondrous wit / Does to thy people righteous doome aread […].

Romanian

Etymology

From French magnifique.

Adjective

magnific m or n (feminine singular magnific?, masculine plural magnifici, feminine and neuter plural magnifice)

1. magnificent

Declension