Dictionary

majestic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /məˈd͡ʒɛstɪk/
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Etymology

From majesty + -ic, 1600s.

Meanings

1. Having qualities of splendor or royalty.
   • Equally I can stand in a station like Lucerne in Switzerland, and watch with ill-concealed admiration the majestic entry of one of the latest Gotthard "Ae 6/6" electrics, packing 6,000 horsepower within its 60 ft. of length and 121 tons of weight, with its sleek dark green sides and handsome stainless steel bands and front wings. 1955 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 261:
   • As the Indian languages are numerous, so do they greatly vary in their effect on the ear. We have the rapid Cóotoonay of the Rocky Mountains, and the stately Blackfoot of the plains, the slow embarrassed Flat-head of the mountains, the smooth-toned Pierced-nose, the guttural difficult Sússee and Chépewyán, the sing-song A'ssinneboigne, the deliberate Cree, and the sonorous majestic Chíppeway. 1844, Joseph Howse, A Grammar of the Cree Language: with which is Combined an Analysis of the Chippeway Dialect:
   • The gymnast performed a majestic vault.

Forms

Deriveds

majestic sea flap flap · unmajestic · majestic flap flap · majestically · majestic plural · supermajestic · majesticness

Synonyms

majestical

Translations (41)

pt majestoso (having splendor or royalty) · bn শাহানা (having splendor or royalty) · hy վսեմ (having splendor or royalty) · fo tignarmikil (having splendor or royalty) · sv majestätisk (having splendor or royalty) · enm royal (having splendor or royalty) · ja 荘厳な (having splendor or royalty) · bg царствен (having splendor or royalty) · sh majestètičan (having splendor or royalty) · nl majesteitisch (having splendor or royalty) · de majestätisch (having splendor or royalty) · hy վեհ (having splendor or royalty) · haw kilakila (having splendor or royalty) · ml ഗംഭീരമായ (having splendor or royalty) · hy մեծաշուք (having splendor or royalty) · eo majesta (having splendor or royalty) · sh мајестѐтичан (having splendor or royalty) · nl majestueus (having splendor or royalty) · hu fenséges (having splendor or royalty) · la augustus (having splendor or royalty) · ca majestuós (having splendor or royalty) · es mayestático (having splendor or royalty) · fo hátignarligur (having splendor or royalty) · gl maxestoso (having splendor or royalty) · pl majestatyczny (having splendor or royalty) · gv ard-ooasle (having splendor or royalty) · uk вели́чний (having splendor or royalty) · fr majestueux (having splendor or royalty) · cy mawreddog (having splendor or royalty) · it maestoso (having splendor or royalty) · be горды (having splendor or royalty) · sh велича̀нствен (having splendor or royalty) · es majestuoso (having splendor or royalty) · ja 威厳がある (having splendor or royalty) · sh veličànstven (having splendor or royalty) · hy փառահեղ (having splendor or royalty) · hy վեհապանծ (having splendor or royalty) · bg величествен (having splendor or royalty) · fi majesteettinen (having splendor or royalty) · ru вели́чественный (having splendor or royalty) · cs majestátní (having splendor or royalty)