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Adjective: magnificent  mag'ni-fi-sunt
  1. Characterized by grandeur
    "magnificent cathedrals";
    - brilliant, glorious, splendid, majestic
     
  2. Extraordinarily good or great; used especially as an intensifier
    "a magnificent trip to the Orient";
    - fantastic, grand, howling [informal], marvelous [US], marvellous [Brit, Cdn], rattling [informal], terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous, phenomenal, epic [slang], heavenly [informal]
     
  3. Surpassingly good
    "a magnificent meal";
    - superb
     
  4. Of surpassing excellence
    "a magnificent performance";
    - brilliant, superb

See also: extraordinary, good, impressive, superior

Encyclopedia: Magnificent