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magnificent
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)
- Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
- Grand or noble in action.
- 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
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of magnific?
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matchless
English
Etymology 1
From match +? -less, modelled after or partly continuing Middle English makeless (“having no peer or equal, matchless”), equivalent to make +? -less. Compare Swedish makalös (“incomparable, matchless”), Danish mageløs (“matchless”).
Adjective
matchless (comparative more matchless, superlative most matchless)
- Having no match; without equal.
- 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, ch. 8:
- [T]he Prince was to declare the victor in the first day's tourney, who should receive as prize a warhorse of exquisite beauty and matchless strength.
- 2002, Daniel Okrent, "Books: A Prince of a Pitcher" (Review of: Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy), Time, 30 Sept.:
- It was not his matchless talent that exalted Koufax beyond his greatest contemporaries so much as it was his knowledge that character was not connected to talent.
- 1819, Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, ch. 8:
- Having no mate.
- 2010, Sandra Brennan, "Movies: The Flying Matchmaker (1966)," nytimes.com, 1 June (retrieved 13 Sep 2010):
- In this comedy, a matchmaker has a matchless daughter. Try as he might, he cannot seem to find anyone for her.
- 2010, Sandra Brennan, "Movies: The Flying Matchmaker (1966)," nytimes.com, 1 June (retrieved 13 Sep 2010):
Synonyms
- (without equal): incomparable, nonpareil, peerless, unequaled, unmatched, unparalleled, unsurpassed
- (having no mate): single, unattached
Derived terms
- matchlessly
- matchlessness
Translations
Etymology 2
match +? -less
Adjective
matchless (not comparable)
- Without the use of matches for ignition.
- a matchless stove
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