munificent

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This was certainly not munificent, and the envoys insisted upon more ample and liberal terms.

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  1. adjective Very liberal in giving; generous.
  2. adjective Showing great generosity: a munificent gift. See Synonyms at liberal.

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  • Mercantile men are habituated by the nature of their transactions to overlook the intrinsic qualities of the very commodities in which they deal; and though of all the community they are the most liberal and the most munificent, they set the least value on intellectual productions. —  The Life, Studies, And Works Of Benjamin West, Esq.
  • No one, not even the munificent* nobama, is smarter than Mr. Market. —  Latest Articles
  • The earl of Arundel was wealthy, munificent, and one of the finest courtiers of his day: but it must not be imagined that even by him such extraordinary cost and pains would have been lavished upon his illustrious guest as a pure and simple homage of that sentimental loyalty which feels its utmost efforts overpaid by their acceptance. —  Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
  • The salaries are not by any means munificent, and are earned by a vast amount of privation, exposure and hard work. —  Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892
  • The allowance appeared munificent, and he accepted the offer with gratitude. —  Delsarte System of Oratory
 

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  1. Latin mūnificēns, mūnificent-, from mūnificus : mūnus, gift; see mei-1 in Indo-European roots + facere, to make; see fact.

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  1. = Italian munificente, from Latin as if *munificen (t-)s, equivalent to munificus, bountiful: see munific.
 

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