majesticaladj.

Brit.

/məˈdʒɛstᵻkl/, U.S.

/məˈdʒɛstəkəl/

Forms: 1500s maiestical, 1500s majestyecall, 1500s–1600s maiesticall, 1500s–1600s majesticall, 1600s– majestical.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: majesty n., -ical suffix.

Etymology: < majesty n. + -ical suffix. Compare post-classical Latin majestativus majestative adj., Middle French magesteux , French majestueux majestuous adj., and also Middle English majestful, maiestful in same sense (attested twice in 15th cent.).

Now chiefly poetic.

1. = majestic adj.

a. Of things (material and immaterial).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective]

higheOE

drightlikeOE

highlyOE

drightfula1225

prouda1275

principalc1385

solemna1387

gentlec1390

high and mighty1400

imperial?c1400

royalc1405

kinglyc1425

sublimatec1425

lordfulc1429

lordlyc1440

assumpt1447

raiseda1450

haught1470

kinglikec1485

lordlike1488

triumphant1494

greatlya1500

princely?a1510

supereminent1531

princelike1532

lofta1547

lofty1548

regal1561

supernal1562

haughty1563

excelse1569

queen-like?1571

majestical1578

erecteda1586

augustious1591

ennobled1592

imperious1592

enthronized1593

august1594

high-born1598

sublimed1602

jovial1604

majestic1606

enthroned1609

starred1615

exalted1623

majestuous1633

reared1638

sublimary1655

majestative1656

kingrik1663

superb1663

grand1673

celse1708

stilted1744

canonized1790

queenly1791

apotheosized1794

princified1857

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 68 What can we beholde more noble then the worlde,..what more maiesticall to the sight, or more constant in substance?

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K2 Theyr Playes..thrust in Clownes by head and shoulders, to play a part in maiesticall matters.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. iv. 25 Suppose you were now brought into some..maiesticall Pallace.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 98 Warre is ever terrible, but if just and well governed, majesticall.

1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xlix The first six lines of the Stanza seem Majestical and Severe.

1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend v. 248 It is the sea,..Silent, majestical, and slow.

1867 M. Arnold On Study Celtic Lit. 61 An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical.

1955 O. Manning Doves of Venus i. i. 4 The rosy cameo of chimneys, seeming incandescent against the black sky, billowed smoke wreaths, glowing, massive, majestical as the smoke of hell.

1990 A. S. Byatt Possession (1991) xiii. 241 All this they more than saw and less than saw. Then turning, saw those forms majestical Wrought by the cunning of the watching gods.

b. Of persons, their attributes, etc. (occasionally ironical).

ΚΠ

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares Ded. 2 All those maiesticall wit forestalling worthies of your sexe.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 99 His person and carriage was most comely, and (if I may use the word) Maiesticall.

a1626 J. Horsey Disc. Imploym. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) App. ii. 295 Kynore [perh. read Kyuore = cover] my good lord, with thy princely wisdome and majestyecall clemency this unwillinge faulte comytted.

a1667 A. Cowley Several Disc. by Way of Ess., Verse & Prose 121 in Wks. (1668) If I were ever to fall in love again..it would be, I think, with Prettiness, rather than with Majestical Beauty.

1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical (1709) iv. 43 Now for that Majestical Man and Woman there, stand off, there is no coming within a Hundred Yards of their High Mightinesses.

1781 J. O. Justamond tr. B.-F.-J. Mouffle d'Angerville Private Life Lewis XV II. 214 His entrance..was splendid and majestical.

1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus ii. i. 75 His marble face majestical Frowns.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) I. iv. 101 A grave and majestical countenance.

1998 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 30 Dec. 11 It is sometimes better to affect an air of majestical detachment.

†2. = majestatic adj. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > ruling or majestic

highOE

supremea1522

majestical1583

majestatic1659

majestaticala1695

1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. R2 S. Augustine excludeth not by maiestical presence al bodily presence.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lv. 118 If his maiesticall bodie haue now any such new propertie.

1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 291 It pleased the Lord to represent unto me a cleare signe of the majesticall presence of the Sonne of God, sitting on high, upon a glorious throne.

a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 639 The proper place where the Majestical Glory is revealed, is the Heavens.

1675 T. Brooks Word in Season 113 in Paradice Opened The presence of God with his People is very Majestical.

a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 257 [Heaven] 'Tis the Court of his Majestical presence.

Derivatives

maˈjesticalness n. rare majesty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun]

athelc885

highnesseOE

brightnessOE

thrumOE

worshipOE

highship?c1225

nobleyec1300

pridec1330

realtya1375

rialtya1375

greatnessc1384

nobletya1387

magnificencec1390

regalya1393

greatheada1400

hautesse1399

lordliness1440

celsitudec1450

excelsitudec1470

state1488

princeliness1545

kingliness1548

royalty1548

amplitudec1550

grandity1589

grandeur1600

glory1613

majesticalness1613

augusteity1615

grandezza1629

augustness1644

raisedness1645

celsity1656

splendidnessa1657

grandness1663

exaltedness1730

halo1813

queenliness1831

aureole1852

magnateship1916

the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun]

prideOE

nobleyec1300

farec1330

pompc1330

statec1330

rialtya1375

estatec1385

lordliness1440

pompousness1447

noblenessc1450

worthinessc1450

pomperyc1460

affairc1480

gloryc1480

majesty1481

triumpha1513

shine?1529

royalness?1548

sumptuosity1550

triumphing1569

magnificie1570

presence1570

gite1589

equipage1612

majesticalness1613

ceremonya1616

splendour1616

stateliness1637

majesticnessa1643

scheme1647

pageantry1651

grandeur1652

splendidnessa1657

magnanimity1658

magnificency1668

fluster1676

energy1764

pompa1783

panoply1790

pageanting1873

1613 Decl. Arriv. C. Haga at Constantinople 14 The Maiesticalnesse of Our Royall and Princely State.

1652 F. Kirkman tr. A. Du Périer Loves Clerio & Lozia 78 This splendid greatness of a maid surpassed the magesticalness of the purest French Lillies of King Henry the third.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Majesticalness, stateliness.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 19 Apr. 1/3 The majesticalness of this master-work of human genius and human sorrows.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	majestical
释义	majesticaladj. Brit. /məˈdʒɛstᵻkl/, U.S. /məˈdʒɛstəkəl/ Forms: 1500s maiestical, 1500s majestyecall, 1500s–1600s maiesticall, 1500s–1600s majesticall, 1600s– majestical. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: majesty n., -ical suffix. Etymology: < majesty n. + -ical suffix. Compare post-classical Latin majestativus majestative adj., Middle French magesteux , French majestueux majestuous adj., and also Middle English majestful, maiestful in same sense (attested twice in 15th cent.). Now chiefly poetic. 1. = majestic adj. a. Of things (material and immaterial). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [adjective] higheOE drightlikeOE highlyOE drightfula1225 prouda1275 principalc1385 solemna1387 gentlec1390 high and mighty1400 imperial?c1400 royalc1405 kinglyc1425 sublimatec1425 lordfulc1429 lordlyc1440 assumpt1447 raiseda1450 haught1470 kinglikec1485 lordlike1488 triumphant1494 greatlya1500 princely?a1510 supereminent1531 princelike1532 lofta1547 lofty1548 regal1561 supernal1562 haughty1563 excelse1569 queen-like?1571 majestical1578 erecteda1586 augustious1591 ennobled1592 imperious1592 enthronized1593 august1594 high-born1598 sublimed1602 jovial1604 majestic1606 enthroned1609 starred1615 exalted1623 majestuous1633 reared1638 sublimary1655 majestative1656 kingrik1663 superb1663 grand1673 celse1708 stilted1744 canonized1790 queenly1791 apotheosized1794 princified1857 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 68 What can we beholde more noble then the worlde,..what more maiesticall to the sight, or more constant in substance? a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K2 Theyr Playes..thrust in Clownes by head and shoulders, to play a part in maiesticall matters. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. i. ii. iv. 25 Suppose you were now brought into some..maiesticall Pallace. 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 98 Warre is ever terrible, but if just and well governed, majesticall. 1693 J. Dryden Disc. conc. Satire in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires p. xlix The first six lines of the Stanza seem Majestical and Severe. 1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend v. 248 It is the sea,..Silent, majestical, and slow. 1867 M. Arnold On Study Celtic Lit. 61 An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical. 1955 O. Manning Doves of Venus i. i. 4 The rosy cameo of chimneys, seeming incandescent against the black sky, billowed smoke wreaths, glowing, massive, majestical as the smoke of hell. 1990 A. S. Byatt Possession (1991) xiii. 241 All this they more than saw and less than saw. Then turning, saw those forms majestical Wrought by the cunning of the watching gods. b. Of persons, their attributes, etc. (occasionally ironical). ΚΠ 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares Ded. 2 All those maiesticall wit forestalling worthies of your sexe. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 99 His person and carriage was most comely, and (if I may use the word) Maiesticall. a1626 J. Horsey Disc. Imploym. in E. A. Bond Russia at Close of 16th Cent. (1856) App. ii. 295 Kynore [perh. read Kyuore = cover] my good lord, with thy princely wisdome and majestyecall clemency this unwillinge faulte comytted. a1667 A. Cowley Several Disc. by Way of Ess., Verse & Prose 121 in Wks. (1668) If I were ever to fall in love again..it would be, I think, with Prettiness, rather than with Majestical Beauty. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical (1709) iv. 43 Now for that Majestical Man and Woman there, stand off, there is no coming within a Hundred Yards of their High Mightinesses. 1781 J. O. Justamond tr. B.-F.-J. Mouffle d'Angerville Private Life Lewis XV II. 214 His entrance..was splendid and majestical. 1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus ii. i. 75 His marble face majestical Frowns. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) I. iv. 101 A grave and majestical countenance. 1998 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 30 Dec. 11 It is sometimes better to affect an air of majestical detachment. †2. = majestatic adj. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > nature or attributes of God > [adjective] > ruling or majestic highOE supremea1522 majestical1583 majestatic1659 majestaticala1695 1583 A. Nowell et al. True Rep. Disput. E. Campion sig. R2 S. Augustine excludeth not by maiestical presence al bodily presence. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lv. 118 If his maiesticall bodie haue now any such new propertie. 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 291 It pleased the Lord to represent unto me a cleare signe of the majesticall presence of the Sonne of God, sitting on high, upon a glorious throne. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) 639 The proper place where the Majestical Glory is revealed, is the Heavens. 1675 T. Brooks Word in Season 113 in Paradice Opened The presence of God with his People is very Majestical. a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 257 [Heaven] 'Tis the Court of his Majestical presence. Derivatives maˈjesticalness n. rare majesty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] athelc885 highnesseOE brightnessOE thrumOE worshipOE highship?c1225 nobleyec1300 pridec1330 realtya1375 rialtya1375 greatnessc1384 nobletya1387 magnificencec1390 regalya1393 greatheada1400 hautesse1399 lordliness1440 celsitudec1450 excelsitudec1470 state1488 princeliness1545 kingliness1548 royalty1548 amplitudec1550 grandity1589 grandeur1600 glory1613 majesticalness1613 augusteity1615 grandezza1629 augustness1644 raisedness1645 celsity1656 splendidnessa1657 grandness1663 exaltedness1730 halo1813 queenliness1831 aureole1852 magnateship1916 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > splendour, magnificence, or pomp > [noun] prideOE nobleyec1300 farec1330 pompc1330 statec1330 rialtya1375 estatec1385 lordliness1440 pompousness1447 noblenessc1450 worthinessc1450 pomperyc1460 affairc1480 gloryc1480 majesty1481 triumpha1513 shine?1529 royalness?1548 sumptuosity1550 triumphing1569 magnificie1570 presence1570 gite1589 equipage1612 majesticalness1613 ceremonya1616 splendour1616 stateliness1637 majesticnessa1643 scheme1647 pageantry1651 grandeur1652 splendidnessa1657 magnanimity1658 magnificency1668 fluster1676 energy1764 pompa1783 panoply1790 pageanting1873 1613 Decl. Arriv. C. Haga at Constantinople 14 The Maiesticalnesse of Our Royall and Princely State. 1652 F. Kirkman tr. A. Du Périer Loves Clerio & Lozia 78 This splendid greatness of a maid surpassed the magesticalness of the purest French Lillies of King Henry the third. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Majesticalness, stateliness. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 19 Apr. 1/3 The majesticalness of this master-work of human genius and human sorrows. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1578
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