magnum
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- noun
- /ˈmæɡ.nəm/
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botella magnum
- Theodor Herzl, one of Zionism's founding thinkers, wrote a magnum opus called Der Judenstaat.
- an empty magnum
I send them a really big bottle of Quintessa, like the Magnum version, and it says life to life is too short to buy bad leads or drink cheap wine.
- I send them a really big bottle of Quintessa, like the Magnum version, and it says life to life is too short to buy bad leads or drink cheap wine.
Examples
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Only a few months earlier, Rorschach had also published his magnum opus.
Academic text (2017) -
917, is it? Buy them a magnum of your finest champagne.
Fiction book (2002) -
The appendix of his opus magnum details the sources and their locations.
Academic text (1999) -
His self-proclaimed magnum opus, Answered Prayers, was incomplete when he died in 1984.
Academic text (2016) -
Ayn Rand personifies her vision of man's existence in her magnum opus, Atlas Shrugged.
Academic text (2008) -
For our anniversary, we opened a beautiful magnum of champagne during the celebration.
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He brought a magnum of red wine to the dinner party, impressing all the guests with its size.
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The winemaker proudly displayed his latest vintage in a stunning magnum bottle on the shelf.
Compounds
- Formal
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A person's best and most important work, like a famous book, painting, or piece of music
- Specialized
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A large hole at the base of the skull that the spinal cord passes through
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Etymology
Magnum comes from the old Latin word magnus, which means 'great' or 'large' and is the same root in English words like magnify and magnificent. So a magnum bottle is simply a 'large' bottle, usually holding twice the normal amount.