munificent
adj/mjuˈnɪfɪsn̩t/UK
Etymology
Back-formation from munificence, from Latin mūnificentia.
- derived from mūnificentia
Definitions
Very liberal in giving or bestowing.
- Tellson's Bank […] was a munificent house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate.
- [M]ilk producers are among the most munificent backers of political campaigns in the U.S.
Very generous
Very generous; lavish.
- On the hill, where kites used to be flown, stood the fine college which Mr Laurence's munificent legacy had built.
- It was all very well for this casual youth to make her a present of a half million acres of land in this debonair way, but she could not persuade herself to accept so munificent a gift.
- The machinists finally agreed to a munificent increase averaging 5.7% a year for three years.
The neighborhood
- synonymbounteous
- synonymgenerous
- synonymliberal
- neighbormunicipal
- neighbormunicipality
- neighbormunificence
- neighborremunerate
- neighborremuneration
Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA