Part 4935

<syn>Syn. -- Magnificent; sublime; majestic; dignified; elevated; stately; august; pompous; lofty; eralted; noble.</syn> <usage> -- Grand, Magnificent, Sublime. <i>Grand</i>, in reference to objects of taste, is applied to that which expands the mind by a sense of vastness and majesty; <i>magnificent</i> is applied to anything which is imposing from its splendor; <i>sublime</i> describes that which is awful and elevating. A cataract is <i>grand</i>; a rich and varied landscape is <i>magnificent</i>; an overhanging precipice is sublime. "<i>Grandeur a</i>dmits of degrees and modifications; but <i>magnificence</i> is that which has already reached the highest degree of superiority naturally belonging to the object in question."</usage>

<i>Crabb.</i>

<h1>Grandam</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gran"dam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>grande</ets>, fem. of grand + dame. See <er>Grand</er>, and <er>Dame</er>.]</ety> <def>An old woman; specifically, a grandmother.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Grandaunt</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Grand"aunt"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>grand'tante</ets>.]</ety> <def>The aunt of one's father or mother.</def>

<h1>Grandchild</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Grand"child"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.</def>

<h1>Granddaughter</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Grand"daugh"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The daughter of one's son or daughter.</def>

<h1>Grandee</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gran*dee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>grande</ets>. See <er>Grand</er>.]</ety> <def>A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence.</def>

<h1>Grandeeship</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gran*dee"ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship.</def>

<i>H. Swinburne.</i>

<h1>Grandeur</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gran"deur</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>grand</ets>. See <er>Grand</er>.]</ety> <def>The state or quality of being grand; vastness; greatness; splendor; magnificence; stateliness; sublimity; dignity; elevation of thought or expression; nobility of action.</def>

<blockquote>Nor doth this <b>grandeur</b> and majestic show Of luxury . . . allure mine eye. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Sublimity; majesty; stateliness; augustness; loftiness. See <er>Sublimity</er>.</syn>

<h1>Grandevity</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gran*dev"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>grandaevitas</ets>.]</ety> <def>Great age; long life.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Grandevous</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Gran*de"vous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>grandaevus</ets>; grandig grand+ <ets>aevum</ets> lifetime, age.]</ety> <def>Of great age; aged; longlived.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Grand-ducal</h1> <Xpage=644>

<hw>Grand"-du"cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to a grand duke.</def>