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Magnific
(gcide) | Magnific \Mag*nif"ic\, Magnifical \Mag*nif"ic*al\, a. [L.
magnificus; magnus great + facere to make: cf. F. magnifique.
See Magnitude, Fact. and cf. Magnificent.]
Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. [Obs.] --1 Chron.
xxii. 5. "Thy magnific deeds." --Milton. --
Mag*nif"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]
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magnification
(mass) | magnification
- zväčšenie |
magnificent
(mass) | magnificent
- skvelý, nádherný |
biological magnification
(encz) | biological magnification,biomagnifikace [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
magnification
(encz) | magnification,zvětšení n: |
magnificence
(encz) | magnificence,nádhera n: lukemagnificence,titul rektora při promoci n: lukemagnificence,velkolepost n: luke |
magnificent
(encz) | magnificent,grandiózní adj: Zdeněk Brožmagnificent,nádherný adj: magnificent,skvělý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
magnificently
(encz) | magnificently,nádherně adv: lukemagnificently,velkolepě adv: luke |
magnificio
(encz) | magnificio, n: |
Diphyllodes magnifica
(gcide) | Paradise \Par"a*dise\ (p[a^]r"[.a]*d[imac]s), n. [OE. & F.
paradis, L. paradisus, fr. Gr. para`deisos park, paradise,
fr. Zend pairida[=e]za an inclosure; pairi around (akin to
Gr. peri`) + diz to throw up, pile up; cf. Skr. dih to smear,
and E. dough. Cf. Parvis.]
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1. The garden of Eden, in which Adam and Eve were placed
after their creation.
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2. The abode of sanctified souls after death.
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To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. --Luke
xxiii. 43.
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It sounds to him like her mother's voice,
Singing in Paradise. --Longfellow.
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3. A place of bliss; a region of supreme felicity or delight;
hence, a state of happiness.
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The earth
Shall be all paradise. --Milton.
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Wrapt in the very paradise of some creative vision.
--Beaconsfield.
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4. (Arch.) An open space within a monastery or adjoining a
church, as the space within a cloister, the open court
before a basilica, etc.
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5. A churchyard or cemetery. [Obs.] --Oxf. Gloss.
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Fool's paradise. See under Fool, and Limbo.
Grains of paradise. (Bot.) See Melequeta pepper, under
Pepper.
Paradise bird. (Zool.) Same as Bird of paradise. Among
the most beautiful species are the superb ({Lophorina
superba}); the magnificent (Diphyllodes magnifica); and
the six-shafted paradise bird (Parotia sefilata). The
long-billed paradise birds (Epimachin[ae]) also include
some highly ornamental species, as the twelve-wired
paradise bird (Seleucides alba), which is black, yellow,
and white, with six long breast feathers on each side,
ending in long, slender filaments. See Bird of paradise
in the Vocabulary.
Paradise fish (Zool.), a beautiful fresh-water Asiatic fish
(Macropodus viridiauratus) having very large fins. It is
often kept alive as an ornamental fish.
Paradise flycatcher (Zool.), any flycatcher of the genus
Terpsiphone, having the middle tail feathers extremely
elongated. The adult male of Terpsiphone paradisi is
white, with the head glossy dark green, and crested.
Paradise grackle (Zool.), a very beautiful bird of New
Guinea, of the genus Astrapia, having dark velvety
plumage with brilliant metallic tints.
Paradise nut (Bot.), the sapucaia nut. See Sapucaia nut.
[Local, U. S.]
Paradise whidah bird. (Zool.) See Whidah.
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Magnifical
(gcide) | Magnific \Mag*nif"ic\, Magnifical \Mag*nif"ic*al\, a. [L.
magnificus; magnus great + facere to make: cf. F. magnifique.
See Magnitude, Fact. and cf. Magnificent.]
Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. [Obs.] --1 Chron.
xxii. 5. "Thy magnific deeds." --Milton. --
Mag*nif"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]
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Magnifically
(gcide) | Magnific \Mag*nif"ic\, Magnifical \Mag*nif"ic*al\, a. [L.
magnificus; magnus great + facere to make: cf. F. magnifique.
See Magnitude, Fact. and cf. Magnificent.]
Grand; splendid; illustrious; magnificent. [Obs.] --1 Chron.
xxii. 5. "Thy magnific deeds." --Milton. --
Mag*nif"ic*al*ly, adv. [Obs.]
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Magnificat
(gcide) | Magnificat \Mag*nif"i*cat\, n. [L., it magnifies.]
The song of the Virgin Mary, --Luke i. 46; -- so called
because it commences with this word in the Vulgate.
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Magnificate
(gcide) | Magnificate \Mag*nif"i*cate\, v. t. [L. magnificatus, p. p. of
magnificare.]
To magnify or extol. [Obs.] --Marston.
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Magnification
(gcide) | Magnification \Mag`ni*fi*ca"tion\, n.
The act of magnifying; enlargement; exaggeration. [R.]
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Magnificence
(gcide) | Magnificence \Mag*nif"i*cence\, n. [F. magnificence, L.
magnificentia. See Magnific.]
The act of doing what is magnificent; the state or quality of
being magnificent. --Acts xix. 27. "Then cometh
magnificence." --Chaucer.
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And, for the heaven's wide circuit, let it speak
The Maker's high magnificence, who built
so spacious. --Milton.
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The noblest monuments of Roman magnificence. --Eustace.
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Magnificent
(gcide) | Magnificent \Mag*nif"i*cent\, a. [See Magnificence.]
1. Doing grand things; admirable in action; displaying great
power or opulence, especially in building, way of living,
and munificence.
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A prince is never so magnificent
As when he's sparing to enrich a few
With the injuries of many. --Massinger.
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2. Grand in appearance; exhibiting grandeur or splendor;
splendid; pompous.
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When Rome's exalted beauties I descry
Magnificent in piles of ruin lie. --Addison.
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Syn: Glorious; majestic; sublime. See Grand.
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Magnificently
(gcide) | Magnificently \Mag*nif"i*cent*ly\, adv.
In a Magnificent manner.
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Magnifico
(gcide) | Magnifico \Mag*nif"i*co\, n.; pl. Magnificoes. [It. See
Magnific.]
1. A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy.
--Shak.
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2. A rector of a German university.
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Magnificoes
(gcide) | Magnifico \Mag*nif"i*co\, n.; pl. Magnificoes. [It. See
Magnific.]
1. A grandee or nobleman of Venice; -- so called in courtesy.
--Shak.
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2. A rector of a German university.
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lorenzo the magnificent
(wn) | Lorenzo the Magnificent
n 1: Italian statesman and scholar who supported many artists
and humanists including Michelangelo and Leonardo and
Botticelli (1449-1492) [syn: Lorenzo de'Medici, {Lorenzo
the Magnificent}] |
magnificat
(wn) | Magnificat
n 1: (Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46
beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum') |
magnification
(wn) | magnification
n 1: the act of expanding something in apparent size
2: the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object
3: making to seem more important than it really is [syn:
exaggeration, overstatement, magnification] [ant:
understatement]
4: a photographic print that has been enlarged [syn:
enlargement, blowup, magnification] |
magnificence
(wn) | magnificence
n 1: splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness
of the architecture"; "impressed by the richness of the
flora" [syn: impressiveness, grandness, magnificence,
richness]
2: the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for
magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's
hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects";
"it is the university that gives the scene its stately
splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and
colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and
elegance it brings to their products" [syn: magnificence,
brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur,
grandness] |
magnificent
(wn) | magnificent
adj 1: characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at
Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent
cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn:
brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid] |
magnificently
(wn) | magnificently
adv 1: extremely well; "he did splendidly in the exam"; "we got
along famously" [syn: excellently, magnificently,
splendidly, famously]
2: in an impressively beautiful manner; "the Princess was
gorgeously dressed" [syn: gorgeously, splendidly,
resplendently, magnificently] |
magnifico
(wn) | magnifico
n 1: a person of distinguished rank or appearance |
medinilla magnifica
(wn) | Medinilla magnifica
n 1: a beautiful tropical evergreen epiphytic shrub grown for
its lush foliage and huge panicles of pink flowers;
Philippines |
magnificent
(devil) | MAGNIFICENT, adj. 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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