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majestic, a.|məˈdʒɛstɪk|
[f. majesty + -ic.]
Possessing or characterized by majesty; of imposing dignity or grandeur. a. Of persons, their attributes, etc.
1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. i. xvi, Bowing her self with a majestique air. a1652Brome Queene's Exch. i. i. Wks. 1873 III. 458 Your no less prudent than Majestick Father With power & policy enricht this Land. a1700Dryden Flower & Leaf 176 But in the midst was seen A lady of a more majestic mien. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 132 He was grave and majestic, and carried it something like a king. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. iii. 812 His stride majestic and his frown severe. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 173 Amidst the easy freedom of his address, his manner remained majestic. 1866Liddon Bamp. Lect. v. (1875) 225 St. John is spiritually as simple as he is intellectually majestic. 1871R. Ellis tr. Catullus lxxxvi. 1 Lovely to many a man is Quintia; shapely, majestic, Stately, to me.
Comb.1870L'Estrange Miss Mitford I. vi. 168 A fine majestic-looking old woman of sixty.
b. Of things material and immaterial.
1601Shakes. Jul. C. i. ii. 130 It doth amaze me, A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the Maiesticke world. 1610― Temp. iv. i. 118 This is a most maiesticke vision. 1664Evelyn Sylva iv. (1679) 33 No Tree whatsoever, becoming long Walks and Avenues, comparably to this Majestick plant [the Elm]. a1704T. Brown Prol. 1st Sat. Persius Wks. ed. 1730 I. 51 Virgil's great majestick lines. 1742Young Nt. Th. iii. 193 This Heav'n-assum'd majestic Robe of Earth, He deign'd to wear. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho i, The view was bounded by the majestic Pyrenees. 1833–6J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1873) I. iv. i. 360 There they [Ambrosian chants] are in use still, in all the majestic austerity which gave them their original power. 1879Geo. Eliot Theo. Such ii. 32 Clad in the majestic folds of the himation.
Hence † maˈjesticness, majesty.
a1643Cartwright To C'tess Carlisle 24 Such a..Lovely, self-arm'd, naked Majestickness. 1685H. More Illustr., etc. 263 Which is a marvellous manner of Transition..sutable to the usual Majestickness of this Book of the Apocalypse. |