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noun
grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
splendid or imposing in size or appearance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: impressiveness, grandness, richness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: excellence
Narrower terms: expansiveness, expansivity, stateliness, majesty, loftiness
noun
the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: elegance
Narrower terms: eclat
History
From Middle English magnificence, from Old French magnificence, from Latin magnificentia.
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
