Munificent
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Very liberal in giving or bestowing.
"Munificent as he was in his own disposition in the conferring of favours, his acceptance, under the circumstances we have described, of the fortune bestowed by Robert, he found upon reasoning with himself to be perfectly consistent with the most scrupulous principles of uprightness and probity:[…]"
- 2 Very generous; lavish. usually
"On the hill, where kites used to be flown, stood the fine college which Mr Laurence's munificent legacy had built."
- 1 very generous wordnet
Example
More examples"Munificent as he was in his own disposition in the conferring of favours, his acceptance, under the circumstances we have described, of the fortune bestowed by Robert, he found upon reasoning with himself to be perfectly consistent with the most scrupulous principles of uprightness and probity:[…]"
Etymology
Back-formation from munificence, from Latin mūnificentia.
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