Munificent

Definition: Munificent

Munificent

Adjective

1. Very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain".

Date "munificent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Munificent \Mu*nif"i*cent\, adjective. [Latin expression munificus; munus service, gift -ficare (in comp.) to make. Compare to Immunity, -fy.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Munificent

Synonyms: lavish (adj), overgenerous (adj), prodigal (adj), too-generous (adj), unsparing (adj), unstinted (adj), unstinting (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Liberality	Adjective: liberal, free, generous; charitable; (beneficent); hospitable; bountiful, bounteous; handsome; unsparing, ungrudging; unselfish; open handed, free handed, full handed; open hearted, large hearted, free hearted; munificent, princely.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Munificent

English words defined with "munificent": big, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful ♦ freehanded ♦ giving ♦ handsome ♦ lavish, liberal, Liberal education ♦ Munific ♦ openhanded, Open-handed, overgenerous ♦ prodigal ♦ too-generous ♦ unsparing, unstinted, unstinting. (references)

Specialty definitions using "munificent": Asnapper ♦ Donation of Pepin. (references)

Etymologies containing "munificent": Munific, Munificate. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Munificent" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (munificent).

"Munificent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Munificent" is used about 12 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)	100%	12	101,599

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.

Language		Translations for "munificent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tepër bujar. (various references)

Arabic		‏سخي (bounteous, freehanded, generous, lavish, liberal, noble-minded, open, open handed, princely, prodigal, rich, well-paid), ‏جواد (bounteous, bountiful, generous, liberal, steed). (various references)

Bulgarian		щедър (benevolent, bountiful, charitable, flush, free, freehanded, generous, handsome, large handed, large-hearted, liberal, lordly, openhanded, pickwickian, princely, prodigal, profuse, stintless, ungrudging, unselfish, unsparing, unstinted). (various references)

Czech		štìdrý (bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, generous, handsome, large handed, large-hearted, lavish, open handed, open-hearted, profuse, unguarded, unsparing). (various references)

French		munificent. (various references)

German		freigebig (bounteously, bountiful, bountifully, free, generous, lavish, lavishly, munificently, open handed, openhanded, profuse). (various references)

Greek		γενναιόδωροσ (bounteous, bountiful, free-handed, generous, lavish, open handed), πλουσιοπάροχοσ (generous). (various references)

Hebrew		� �"יב (benefactor, benevolent, donor, generous, openhanded), � �"ב� י (charitable, generous, philanthropical). (various references)

Hungarian		adakozó (benefactor, giver, open handed, subscriber). (various references)

Italian		munifico (bountiful, generous, openhanded). (various references)

Manx		giootallagh, feoiltagh (benevolent, bounteous, bountiful, generous, hospitable, lavish, liberal, ungrudging, whig), feoilt (benevolent, bountiful, generous, open-handed). (various references)

Pig Latin		unificentmay

Portuguese		munificente, muito liberal, magnânimo (big-hearted, generous, large-handed, large-hearted, magnanimous, magnificent, noble). (various references)

Romanian		generos (benevolent, boon, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, free-handed, freehearted, generous, generously, great-hearted, handsome, high minded, large, large-hearted, largely, lavish, liberally, noble, open handed, open-hearted, profuse, warm), darnic (boon, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, free-handed, generous, large, large handed, lavish, lordly). (various references)

Russian		необычайно щедрый. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		velikodušan (freehearted, generous, great-hearted, high minded, large-hearted, magnanimous, noble-minded), darežljiv (bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, generous, liberal, openhanded). (various references)

Spanish		munificente. (various references)

Swedish		storslagen (awe inspiring, awesome, epic, grand, grandiose, heavy, monumental, munificencent, olympian), frikostig (bounteous, bountiful, free, freehanded, free-handed, handsome, large, lavish, liberal, munificencent, open handed, prodigal, unsparing). (various references)

Thai		ใจกว้างมาก. (various references)

Turkish		eli açık (big hearted, bounteous, bountiful, freehanded, freehearted, generous, large handed, open handed, openhanded, profuse), cömert (big hearted, bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, flush, freehanded, freehearted, generous, handsome, large handed, liberal, open handed, openhanded, profuse, ungrudging, unsparing). (various references)

Ukrainian		щедрий (boon, bounteous, charitable, flush, free-handed, free-hearted, generous, handsome, open, open handed, prodigal, profuse, ungrudging, wanton). (various references)

Vietnamese		h� o phóng (free-handed, freely, handsome, open-handed, prodigal). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	munificus. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	hudå. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "munificent": munificently. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Munificent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: manificent, Monifieth, muificent, Munfichet, munifecent, munificemt, munificient, munifiscent. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "munificent" (pronounced 'Mu*nif"i*cent'): Acaulescent, Accrescent, Acquiescent, Adducent, Adipescent, Adnascent, Albescent, Alkalescent, Arborescent, Ascent, Beneficent, Candescent, Canescent, Caulescent, Cent, Cerulescent, Cinerescent, Circumjacent, Coalescent, Complacent, Concent, Concupiscent, Condescent, Conducent, Connascent, Contabescent, Conticent, Decent, Dehiscent, Deliquescent, Delitescent, -escent, Fervescent, Flavescent, Florescent, fluorescent, Fremescent, Frutescent, Gangrenescent, Glaucescent, ignescent, incandescent, indecent, indehiscent, iridescent, liquescent, lucent, Lutescent, magnificent, Maledicent. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-f-i-i-m-n-n-t-u"
	-4 letters: centum, finite, incite, infect, intime, intine, minuet, minute, muntin, mutine, neumic, tinmen, uncini, unific.
	-5 letters: centu, cumin, cutie, cutin, ennui, feint, ficin, fumet, imine, mince, mucin, mufti, numen, tunic, unfit, unite, unmet, untie.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-f-i-i-m-n-n-t-u"
	+2 letters: munificently.
	+3 letters: misfunctioned.
	+4 letters: semifunctional, unconformities.
	+5 letters: immunodeficient.
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