munificent
adjective/mjuːˈnɪfɪsnt/
/mjuːˈnɪfɪsnt/
(formal)- 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’.Definitions on the go
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