munificent

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  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”Synonyms: lavishovergeneroustoo-generousunsparingunstintedunstinting
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Munificent \Mu*nif"i*cent\, a. [L. munificus; munus service, gift + -ficare (in comp.) to make. Cf. Immunity, -fy.] Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor. -- Mu*nif"i*cent*ly, adv.

Syn: Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous. [1913 Webster]

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