munificent
mu·ni·fi·cent
adjective
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”
Origin
Back-formation from munificence, from Latin mūnificentia.
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