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Definition of munificent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

munificent

adjective
 
/mjuːˈnɪfɪsnt/
 
/mjuːˈnɪfɪsnt/
(formal)
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  1. extremely generous
    • a munificent patron/gift/gesture
    • He enjoys being munificent on a princely scale.
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin munificent- (stem of munificentior, comparative of munificus ‘bountiful’), from munus ‘gift’.
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