"magnality" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mæɡˈnælɪti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /mæɡˈnælɪti/ [General-American], /-lɪɾi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-magnality.wav Forms: magnalities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: From Latin magnāle (“mighty work or deed”) (from magnus (“big, large; great; important”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós, from *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + -ity. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|magnāle||mighty work or deed}} Latin magnāle (“mighty work or deed”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*m̥ǵh₂nós}} Proto-Indo-European *m̥ǵh₂nós, {{suffix|en||ity}} + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun}} magnality (plural magnalities)
  1. (dated) A great or wonderful thing; a marvel. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-magnality-en-noun-ckg~CAEt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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