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magnificent
extremely impressive or beautiful
Synonyms
- splendid
- majestic
- gorgeous
Antonyms
magnificent in a sentence
The travelers stood speechless before the magnificent waterfall cascading down the cliffside.
Even the photographs failed to capture how magnificent the northern lights appeared, rippling green and purple across the entire night sky.
Where it comes from
From Latin magnificus 'making great'
Memory hook
MAGNI (great) — like MAGNIFY, something magnificent is great in size or beauty.
Word parts
- mag/magna — great, large, important
magnificent: magn (great) + fic (make) + -ent
Read it in context
- The Ridge Vote Narrative
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