magnific
See also: magnífic
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)
- (obsolete) Magnificent, splendid; illustrious. [15th–19th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- 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 […].
- a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Autumn”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
- Then too the pillar'd Dome, magnific, heav'd / Its ample Roof […] .
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French magnifique.
Adjective
magnific m or n (feminine singular magnifică, masculine plural magnifici, feminine and neuter plural magnifice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | magnific | magnifică | magnifici | magnifice | |||
| definite | magnificul | magnifica | magnificii | magnificele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | magnific | magnifice | magnifici | magnifice | |||
| definite | magnificului | magnificei | magnificilor | magnificelor | ||||