munificent
English
editEtymology
editBack-formation from munificence, from Latin mūnificentia.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /mjuˈnɪfɪsn̩t/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editmunificent (comparative more munificent, superlative most munificent)
- (of a person or group) Very liberal in giving or bestowing.
- 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XXI, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 272:
- Munificent as he was in his own disposition in the conferring of favours, his acceptance, under the circumstances we have described, of the fortune bestowed by Robert, he found upon reasoning with himself to be perfectly consistent with the most scrupulous principles of uprightness and probity: […]
- 1859, Charles Dickens, chapter 30, in A Tale of Two Cities:
- Tellson's Bank […] was a munificent house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate.
- 1974 April 8, “Politics: Milkmen Skimming Off More Cream”, in Time[1], retrieved 5 Sept 2013:
- [M]ilk producers are among the most munificent backers of political campaigns in the U.S.
- 2008 March 20, Martin Filler, “Broad-Minded Museum”, in New York Review of Books[2], retrieved 5 Sept 2013:
- An exceptionally munificent benefactor of several institutions, he has given $100 million each to MIT and Harvard.
- (of a gift, donation, etc.) Very generous; lavish.
- 1886, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 1, in Jo's Boys […] [3], Boston: Roberts Brothers:
- On the hill, where kites used to be flown, stood the fine college which Mr Laurence's munificent legacy had built.
- 1914, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 25, in A Daughter of the Donss:
- It was all very well for this casual youth to make her a present of a half million acres of land in this debonair way, but she could not persuade herself to accept so munificent a gift.
- 1969 April 11, “Business: Up, Up and Away with Wages”, in Time[4], retrieved 5 Sept 2013:
- The machinists finally agreed to a munificent increase averaging 5.7% a year for three years.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
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editTranslations
edit(of a person or group) very liberal in giving or bestowing
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Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Latin munificus, munificens (“liberal”), from munus (“gift”) + facio (“I make”).
Adjective
editmunificent (comparative munificenter, superlative munificentst)
Declension
editDeclension of munificent | ||||
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uninflected | munificent | |||
inflected | munificente | |||
comparative | munificenter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | munificent | munificenter | het munificentst het munificentste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | munificente | munificentere | munificentste |
n. sing. | munificent | munificenter | munificentste | |
plural | munificente | munificentere | munificentste | |
definite | munificente | munificentere | munificentste | |
partitive | munificents | munificenters | — |
Synonyms
editFrench
editEtymology
editBack-formation from munificence.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editmunificent (feminine munificente, masculine plural munificents, feminine plural munificentes)
- munificent
- 1946, André Malraux, La Condition humaine, Folio Plus Classiques, published 2019, page 191:
- « Soyez comme à l’ordinaire, munificent, dit-il à Gisors : donnez-moi votre caquetusse. »
- "Be munificent, as you usually are," he said to Gisors. "Give me your cactus."
Further reading
edit- “munificent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French munificent.
Adjective
editmunificent m or n (feminine singular munificentă, masculine plural munificenți, feminine and neuter plural munificente)
Declension
editDeclension of munificent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | munificent | munificentă | munificenți | munificente | ||
definite | munificentul | munificenta | munificenții | munificentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | munificent | munificente | munificenți | munificente | ||
definite | munificentului | munificentei | munificenților | munificentelor |
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