magnificence
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English magnificence, from Old French magnificence.
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Noun edit
magnificence (countable and uncountable, plural magnificences)
- grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
- c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene i:
- all fleſh quakes at your magnificence.
- The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
Translations edit
grandeur
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin magnificentia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
magnificence f (plural magnificences)
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Further reading edit
- “magnificence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.