grandificadj.
/ɡranˈdɪfɪk/, U.S. /ˌɡrænˈdɪfɪk/ Now rare.
Magnificent; grandiose.In early dictionary definitions: that does great things.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > splendour > [adjective] > magnificent
lordlylOE
richc1275
prouda1300
noblec1300
gloriousc1315
reala1325
rialc1330
stouta1350
solemnc1386
royalc1400
pompousc1425
statelyc1425
lordlike1488
magnific1490
of state1498
magnificenta1530
pompatic1535
magnificala1538
princely1539
gorgeous?1542
regal1561
superbious?1566
surly1566
splendent1567
heroical1577
superbous1581
sumptuous1594
pompatical1610
pompal1616
fastidious1638
grand1673
splendid1685
grandific1727
grandiose1818
splendiferous1827
splendacious1843
magnolious1863
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > lofty or grandiloquent
magnificenta1460
statelya1525
magnifical1533
tragical1533
lofty1565
tragic1566
sublime1586
over-high1587
magnific1589
heroic1590
buskina1593
grandiloquous1593
full-mouthed1594
high-pitched1594
buskined1595
full-mouth1595
high-borne1596
altisonant1612
Roman1619
high-sounding1624
transcendent1631
magniloquent1640
loud1651
altiloquent1656
grandiloquent1656
largiloquent1656
altisonous1661
tall1670
elevate1673
grandisonous1674
sounding1683
exalted1684
grandisonant1684
grandific1727
magniloquous1727
orotund1799
superb1825
spread eagle1839
grandiose1840
magnisonanta1843
togated1868
elevated1875
mandarin1959
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Grandifick, doing great Things.
1778 Def. Theophilus Lindsey 31 There is something so originally sublime, grandific, and commanding in the idea, that it should seem self-supported.
1782 W. Stevenson Hymn to Deity 23 In those grandific works..Where perfect fitness, beauty, use, unite.
1831 N.Y. Mirror 8 Jan. 216/2 A press so prolific, is truly grandific, To minds scientific.
1869 New Monthly Mag. Jan. 36 The Americans, with a sort of passion for the ‘grandific’ in all relating to themselves, call it a city.
1947 Sci. Monthly Jan. 73/2 Our actions would grow grandific.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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