Definition of magnificence

"magnificence" in the noun sense

1. impressiveness, grandness, magnificence, richness

splendid or imposing in size or appearance

"the grandness of the architecture"

"impressed by the richness of the flora"

2. magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness

the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

"for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"

"his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"

"it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"

"an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"

"advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"

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Quotations for magnificence

To balance fortune by a just expense.
Join with Economy, Magnificence. [ Pope ]

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence. [ Emerson ]

Amid the most mercenary ages it is but a secondary sort of admiration that is bestowed upon magnificence. [ Shenstone ]

In taste and imagination, in the graces of style, in the arts of persuasion, in the magnificence of public works, the ancients were at least our equals. [ Macaulay ]

Old age is the night of life, as night is the old age of the day. Still, night is full of magnificence; and, for many, it is more brilliant than the day. [ Mme. Swetchine ]

Magnificence is likewise a source of the sublime. A great profusion of things which are splendid or valuable in themselves is magnificent. The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur. [ Burke ]

When I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers lying in ambuscade among the dishes. Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet. Every animal but man keeps to one dish. Herbs are the food of this species, fish of that, and flesh of a third. Man falls upon everything that comes in his way; not the smallest fruit or excrescence of the earth, scarce a berry or a mushroom can escape him. [ Addison ]

magnificence in Scrabble®

The word magnificence is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters magnificence:

MAGNIFICENCE
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (9 words)

accinge, enamine, faining, fencing, fiancee, finance, imagine, meaning, mincing

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word magnificence

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magnificence in Words With Friends™

The word magnificence is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 28

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters magnificence:

MAGNIFICENCE
(396)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (9 words)

accinge, enamine, faining, fencing, fiancee, finance, imagine, meaning, mincing

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word magnificence

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In magnificence

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Words within the letters of magnificence

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