Hypertext Webster Gateway: "magnificent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Magnificent \Mag*nif"i*cent\, a. [See {Magnificence}.]
1. Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great
power or opulence, especially in building, way of living,
and munificence.
A prince is never so magnificent As when he's
sparing to enrich a few With the injuries of many.
--Massinger.
2. Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor;
splendid' pompous.
When Rome's exalted beauties I descry Magnificent in
piles of ruin lie. --Addison.
Syn: Glorious; majestic; sublime. See {Grand}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
magnificent
adj : characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur;
"the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious
work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid
coronation ceremony" [syn: {brilliant}, {glorious}, {splendid}]
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