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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Magnificent \Mag*nif"i*cent\, adjective [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) 2.0 [wn]:
magnificent
adjective: 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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "magnificent": Babylonian, Corinthian, august, awe-inspiring, awful, barbaric, brilliant, commanding, deluxe, distinguished, divine, elaborate, elegant, elevated, eminent, exalted, excellent, exquisite, extravagant, famous, fancy, fine, gilt-edged, glorious, godlike, golden, gorgeous, grand, grandiose, great, heavenly, heroic, high, immense, imposing, impressive, lauded, lavish, lofty, lordly, luxurious, magnanimous, majestic, marvelous, noble, opulent, outstanding, palatial, plush, posh, princely, prominent, proud, regal, renowned, resplendent, rich, ritzy, sensational, soaring, splendacious, splendid, splendiferous, splendorous, stately, sterling, sublime, sumptuous, super, superb, supereminent, superexcellent, superfancy, superfine, superior, superlative, swank, swanky, swell, terrific, towering, tremendous, wonderful
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
MAGNIFICENT, adjective Having a grandeur or splendor superior to that to which the spectator is accustomed, as the ears of an ass, to a rabbit, or the glory of a glowworm, to a maggot.
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