Adjective

(en adjective)

(of a person or group) Very liberal in giving or bestowing.

* 1859 , , A Tale of Two Cities , ch. 30:

Tellson's Bank . . . was a munificent house, and extended great liberality to old customers who had fallen from their high estate.

* 1974 April 8, " Politics: Milkmen Skimming Off More Cream," Time (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):

[M]ilk producers are among the most munificent backers of political campaigns in the U.S.

* 2008 March 20, , " Broad-Minded Museum," New York Review of Books (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):

An exceptionally munificent benefactor of several institutions, he has given $100 million each to MIT and Harvard.

Very generous; lavish.

* 1886 , , Jo's Boys , ch. 1:

On the hill, where kites used to be flown, stood the fine college which Mr Laurence's munificent legacy had built.

* 1914 , , A Daughter of the Dons , ch. 25:

It was all very well for this casual youth to make her a present of a half million acres of land in this debonair way, but she could not persuade herself to accept so munificent a gift.

* 1969 April 11, " Business: Up, Up and Away with Wages," Time (retrieved 5 Sept 2013):

The machinists finally agreed to a munificent increase averaging 5.7% a year for three years.

Adjective

(er)

Having greed; consumed by selfish desires.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”}}

Prone to overeat.

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