munificent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite very generous
    overgenerous; unstinting; unstinted; lavish; too-generous; unsparing.
    • 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

WordNet

Mu*nif"i*cent adjective
Etymology
L. munificus; munus service, gift + -ficare (in comp.) to make. Cf. Immunity, -fy.
Definitions
  1. Very liberal in giving or bestowing; lavish; as, a munificent benefactor. -- Mu*nif"i*cent*ly, adv. Syn. -- Bounteous; bountiful; liberal; generous.

Webster 1913