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Definitions: Majestic |
MajesticAdjective1. Majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters; "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment"; "olympian beauty and serene composure". 2. Having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks". 3. Belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "majestic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Note: Majestic \Ma*jes"tic\, adjective. [From Majesty.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: MajesticSynonyms: gallant (adj), imperial (adj), lofty (adj), olympian (adj), proud (adj), purple (adj), regal (adj), royal (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Greatness | Goodly, noble, precious, mighty; sad, grave, heavy, serious; far gone, arrant, downright; utter, uttermost; crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate; rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate; glaring, flagrant, stark staring; thorough-paced, thoroughgoing; roaring, thumping; extraordinary.; important; unsurpassed; (supreme); complete. august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic; (repute). |
Ostentation | Solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched. |
Repute | Great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely. imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven-born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche; sacrosanct. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Majestic |
| English words defined with "majestic": bosky, brushy ♦ Maestoso, Majestatal, Majestical, majestically, Majesticness ♦ Olympian ♦ Royal touch ♦ To look on. (references) |
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Screenplays | I'm afraid so. And there she must stay, out on the lake; silent, white, majestic. Be a bird, but never fly; know one song but never sing it until the moment of death. (The Swan; writing credit: Ferenc Molnár; John Dighton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Les Caves du Majestic (1945) The Majestic (2001) Majestic White Horses (2001) Café Majestic (2000) Majestic Journeys (1997) | |
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 | A new book of majestic images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope brings the wonders of our ...Credit: NASA. |  | Beautiful ocotillas against a majestic mountain background.Credit: Unknown. |
 | Here is another majestic scene of the Agua Fria National Monument.Credit: Christine Tincher. |  | The majestic beauty of the Grand Canyon-Parashant stretches far into the horizon of this photograph.Credit: Bette Ariel. |
 | A postcard-like photograph captures the simple beauty and majestic grandeur of the Parashant National Monument.Credit: Bette Ariel. |  | The majestic Grand Canyon stretches far into the horizon.Credit: Bette Ariel. |
 | Majestic view in the Trigos Wilderness Area.Credit: Lori Cook. | ||
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 | Royalty; royal; king; queen; princess; prince; duchess; duke; trumpet; majestic; majesty. |
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John Milton | Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, sober steadfast, and demure, all in a robe of darkest grain, flowing with majestic train. |
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | 1963 | Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1891) |
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Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | It was, indeed, a majestic idea, that the destiny of nations should be revealed, in these awful hieroglyphics, on the cope of heaven. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They are majestic because they think. |
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James Cameron | Well, it's a majestic wreck. I mean it's overgrown with rust, and so on. And sometimes parts of it are not recognizable. But there are majestic portions of it that really evoke how beautiful a ship it was. |
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Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | But all this majestic advance should not obscure the constant dangers from which self-government must be safeguarded. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | A nation that fortifies the world's most productive economy even as it protects the great natural bounty of our water, air, and majestic land. |
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| "Majestic" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 89.45% of the time. "Majestic" is used about 256 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 89.45% | 229 | 19,864 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.2% | 21 | 76,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.95% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (common) | 0.39% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 256 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "majestic" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Majestic | Last name | 170 | 42,997 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Canada | CFM Majestic Incorporated | France | BAC Majestic |
| United Kingdom | Majestic Wine plc | USA | The Majestic Companies, Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "majestic": majestic splendour. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
majestic | 721 |
majestic theater | 359 |
majestic fireplace | 222 |
hotel majestic | 193 |
majestic 12 | 132 |
majestic sun | 126 |
majestic theater san antonio | 117 |
honda majestic | 114 |
majestic jersey | 106 |
majestic theater dallas | 86 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "majestic"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | madhështor (brilliant, dignified, distinguished, exalted, gorgeous, grandiose, imperial, imposing, impressive, kingly, lordly, luxurious, magnificent, monumental, olympian, palatial, princely, proud, royal, spectacular, splendid, stately, sublime, superb), i madhërishëm (grandiose, magnificent). (various references) | |
Arabic | فخم (deluxe, grand, grandiose, imperial, imposing, lordly, luxurious, magnificent, noble, palatial, plushy, pompous, pontifical, regal, rich, royal, splendid, stately, substantial, sumptuous, superb), مهيب (august, awesome, awful, fearful, grand, imposing, magnificent, portly, solemn, sublime, venerable), ملوكي (imperial), عريق (deep rooted, inveterate, pure), عظيم (bestead, bulky, eminent, fantastic, gigantic, grand, great, magnificent, major, mighty, mogul, sensational, sizable, sublime, terrific), بكل عظمة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | царствен (kingly, queenly, regal, sculpturesque), величествен (awesome, grand, imperial, jovian, kingly, lofty, magnificent, monumental, noble, olympian, proud, regal, royal, sculpturesque, stately, statuesque, sublime). (various references) | |
Chinese | 庄严 (Majestical), 壯麗 (glorious, magnificence, magnificent), 儼 (dignified), 崇高 (sublime). (various references) | |
Czech | majestátní (imperial, leonine, queenly, royal, stately). (various references) | |
Dutch | statig (ceremonious, solemn), plechtstatig (ceremonious, formal, measured, solemn, stiff), majestueus. (various references) | |
Esperanto | majesta. (various references) | |
Farsi | خسروانی , شاهانه (Royal, Sceptered), بزرگ (Adult, Arch, Big, Bulky, Egregious, Enormous, Extensive, Extra, Grand, Grave, Great, Gross, Headman, Jumbo, Large, Lofty, Major, Massive, Mighty, Sizable, Sizeable, Swith, Vast, Voluminous), باعظمت (Big, Imperial), باشکوه (Gala, Glorious, Imperial, Lush, Noble, Plush, Rial, Rich, Stately, Superb). (various references) | |
Finnish | majesteetillinen. (various references) | |
French | majestueux. (various references) | |
German | majestätisch (augustly, imperial, majestically, majesticly), hoheitsvoll (regal), erhaben (august, be in relief, convex, convexly, elevated, embossed, eminent, exalted, high, illustrious, lofty, noble, raised, solemn, sublime, sublimely, superior, tall). (various references) | |
Greek | μεγαλοπρεπήσ (gorgeous, grand, kingly, magnificence, magnificent, palatial, stately). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מלכותי (imperial, kingly, monarchial, regal, royal), א"ר (glorious, magnificent, superb), ""ר (exquisite, glorious, grand, heavenly, lovely, magnificent, splendid, superb). (various references) | |
Hungarian | méltóságteljes (commanding, dignified, graceful, lordly, majestical, pontifical, portly), fenséges (awe inspiring, grandiose, kingly, lofty, majestical, pompous, royal, sublime, superb), magasztos (august, high, loftiness, lofty, majestical, sublime). (various references) | |
Indonesian | penuh keagungan. (various references) | |
Italian | maestoso (August, augustly, awesome, grand, magnificent, stately, statuesque). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 厳か (austere, awful, dignified, impressive, stately), 壮大 (grand, magnificent, splendid). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | お"そか (austere, awful, dignified, impressive, stately), きびしい (austere, grave, intense, relentless, rigid, severe, solemn, stern, strict, unsparing), そう い (grand, magnificent, representative, splendid, Waseda University), どうどうたる (dignified, imposing, magnificent, stately), いふうどうどう (pomp and circumstance), いかめしい (austere, grave, intense, severe, solemn, stern, strict), ゆうそう (brave, bravery, gallant, heroic, heroism, mailing, quiet window, soul-stirring), '"ぜ"たる (grave, solemn, stern). (various references) | |
Korean | 위엄 있" (Majestical). (various references) | |
Manx | mooaroil, mooaralagh (ambitious, arrogant, arrogant or haughty person, big-headed, conceited, dignified, haughty; presumptuous, imperious, insolent, ostentatious, presumptuous, proud, vain, vain haughty), mooaral, ard-ooasle. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ajesticmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | majestoso (August, grandiosely, imposition, kingly, leonine, lofty, maestro, olympian, queenly, royal, solemn, stately). (various references) | |
Romanian | maiestuos (dignified, imposing, lordly, majestically, proud, queenly, stately, sublime), mãreţ (aerial, August, brilliant, grand, grandiose, kingly, loftily, lofty, magnificent, magnificently, mighty, palatial, princely, proud, splendid, stately, sumptuous, unearthly), regal (monarchal, royal), olimpian (dignified, olympian, stately), împãrãtesc (imperial, kingly, monarchal, royal, splendid). (various references) | |
Russian | величественный (dignified, exalted, grand, imperial, lofty, magnificent, noble, stately). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | veličanstven (baronial, breathtaking, grand, grandiose, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, noble, palatial, stately, statuesque), dostojanstven (dignified, serene). (various references) | |
Spanish | majestuoso (August, augustly, dignified, imposing, stately, sweeping). (various references) | |
Swedish | majestätisk (imperial, olympian, queenly). (various references) | |
Thai | สูงส่ง (exalted, lofty), ยิ่งใหญ่ (sensational). (various references) | |
Turkish | muhteşem (August, corking, glorious, gorgeous, grand, imperial, lordly, magnific, magnifical, magnificent, noble, olympian, regal, resplendent, royal, slashing, solemn, spectacular, splendid, stately, stupendous, superb), heybetli (ample, baronial, dreadfull, formidable, grandiose, imposing, monumental, redoubtable, solemn, stately, tremendous), haşmetli (stately), görkemli (brave, bright, brilliant, effulgent, fulgent, gallant, gorgeous, grandiose, imperial, magnificent, olympian, palatial, pompous, proud, puffy, queenlike, queenly, refulgent, splendid, stately, sublime, sumptuous). (various references) | |
Turkmen | belent (big, tall). (various references) | |
Ukranian | величний (andean, awful, dignified, elevated, exalted, godlike, lofty, magnific, magnifical, noble, olympian, portly, princely, proud, sovereign, stately). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | uy nghi (august, grand, impressive, proud, proudly), oai vệ (august, imperial, impressive, stately), oai nghiêm (august), đường bệ (imposing, olympian). (various references) | |
Welsh | mawreddog (august, grand, grandiose). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | augusto, augustum. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | xshaêtahe, xshathrya. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "majestic": majestically. (additional references) | |
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"Majestic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amnestic, maeotic, magestic, Maiestie, majest, Majeste, majestick, majestics, majesto, manestic, mejestic, myjestic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "majestic" (pronounced muje"stik) |
| 5 | -e" s t i k | domestic. |
| 4 | -s t i k | acoustic, agnostic, altruistic, anachronistic, antagonistic, artistic, atavistic, atheistic, autistic, ballistic, bombastic, capitalistic, caustic, characteristic, chauvinistic, coloristic, cystic, deterministic, diagnostic, drastic, drumstick, dualistic, dynastic, ecclesiastic, elastic, enthusiastic, euphemistic, evangelistic, expressionistic, fantastic, fatalistic, feudalistic, futuristic, gymnastic, hedonistic, holistic, humanistic, iconoclastic, idealistic, imperialistic, impressionistic, individualistic, inelastic, interscholastic, jingoistic, journalistic, legalistic, linguistic, logistic, masochistic, materialistic, mechanistic, militaristic, monastic, monopolistic, moralistic, mystic, narcissistic, nationalistic, naturalistic, novelistic, oligopolistic, onomastic, opportunistic, optimistic, pantheistic, paternalistic, patristic, pessimistic, plastic, pluralistic, polytheistic, primitivistic, propagandistic, puristic, realistic, relativistic, ritualistic, rustic, sadistic, sarcastic, scholastic, sensationalistic, simplistic, socialistic, statistic, stylistic, surrealistic, synergistic, terroristic, thermoplastic, uncharacteristic, unenthusiastic, unrealistic, voyeuristic. |
| 3 | -t i k | acetic, acrobatic, aerobatic, aesthetic, alphabetic, amniotic, analytic, anesthetic, Antarctic, antibiotic, antic, anticlimactic, antiseptic, aortic, apathetic, apocalyptic, apologetic, apoplectic, aquatic, arctic, aristocratic, arithmetic, aromatic, arthritic, ascetic, asthmatic, astronautic, asymptomatic, athletic, attic, authentic, autocratic, automatic, axiomatic, bureaucratic, catalytic, cathartic, chaotic, charismatic, chiropractic, cinematic, climactic, climatic, cosmetic, critic, cryptic, cultic, democratic, dendritic, despotic, diabetic, diagrammatic, dialectic, diamagnetic, didactic, dietetic, diplomatic, diuretic, dogmatic, dramatic, eclectic, ecliptic, ecstatic, electrolytic, electromagnetic, electrostatic, emblematic, emetic, empathetic, emphatic, energetic, enigmatic, enzymatic, epigenetic, epileptic, erotic, erratic, exotic, extragalactic, fanatic, ferromagnetic, fiberoptic, frantic, frenetic, galactic, genetic, geomagnetic, gigantic, granitic, halophytic, hectic, hemolytic, hepatic, heretic, hermaphroditic, homeostatic, homiletic, hyperkinetic, hypnotic, idiomatic, idiosyncratic, idiotic, kinesthetic, kinetic, lactic, lymphatic, magnetic, mathematic, melodramatic, monochromatic, narcotic, neritic, neurotic, numismatic, operatic, optic, orthodontic, pancreatic, paralytic, paramagnetic, parasitic, parasympathetic, parthenogenetic, pathetic, patriotic, pectic, pedantic, peptic, peripatetic, phonetic, phosphatic, pneumatic, poetic, porphyritic, posttraumatic, pragmatic, prismatic, problematic, programmatic, prophetic, prophylactic, prostatic, prosthetic, psychoanalytic, psychosomatic, psychotherapeutic, psychotic, quixotic, rheumatic, robotic, romantic, schematic, semantic, semiautomatic, semiotic, septic, skeptic, static, sycophantic, symbiotic, sympathetic, symptomatic, synthetic, systematic, tactic, technocratic, thematic, theocratic, therapeutic, thrombolytic, transatlantic, traumatic, triptych, unapologetic, unauthentic, undemocratic, undiplomatic, unpatriotic, unsympathetic. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-j-m-s-t" | |
-1 letter: sematic. | |
-2 letters: amices, camise, jetsam, mastic, misact, misate, miseat, samite. | |
-3 letters: acmes, amice, amies, cames, caste, cates, cesta, cesti, cites, emits, items, maces, maist, mates, meats, mesic, metis, micas, mites, saice, satem, smite, steam, stime, taces, tajes, tames, tamis, teams, times. | |
-4 letters: aces, acme, acts, aims, aits, amie, amis, asci, ates, came, cams, case, cast, cate, cats, cist, cite, east, eats, emic, emit, etas, etic, ices, item, jams, jest, jets, jism, mace, macs, maes, mast, mate, mats, meat, mesa, meta, mica, mice, mise, mist, mite, same, sate, sati, scam, scat, seam, seat, sect, semi, seta, sice, sima, site, smit, stem, tace, tame, tams, team, teas, tics, ties, time. | |
-5 letters: ace, act, aim, ais, ait, ami, ate, cam, cat, cis, eat, ems, eta, ice, ism, its, jam, jet, mac, mae, mas, mat, met, mis, sac, sae, sat, sea, sec, sei, set, sic, sim, sit, tae, taj, tam, tas, tea, tic, tie, tis. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-j-m-s-t" | |
+4 letters: majestically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6A 65 73 74 69 63 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .--- . ... - .. -.-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101010 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101001 01100011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a j e s t i c |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006A 0065 0073 0074 0069 0063 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767767185867569 |
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