magnificence

noun
/mæɡˈnɪfɪsəns/

Etymology

From Middle English magnificence, from Old French magnificence, from Latin magnificentia.

  1. derived from magnificentia
  2. derived from magnificence
  3. inherited from magnificence

Definitions

  1. grandeur, brilliance, lavishness or splendor

    • all fleſh quakes at your magnificence.
    • It is to be hoped that the final scheme will satisfy all interests—preserving some of old Euston's magnificence but without prejudice to the progress of modernisation.
  2. The act of doing what is magnificent

    The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of being magnificent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at magnificence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01magnificence02magnificent03noble04honorable05worthy06admirable07heroic08heroism09bravery

A definitional loop anchored at magnificence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at magnificence

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA