majesty means the quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof. It carries an Arena rating of 1947, earned across 37 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, majesty ranks #602 of 17,134 for Most Malleable Words, #1,264 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #1,372 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #1,867 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words.
majesty is pronounced /ˈmæd͡ʒ.əs.ti/.
Why “majesty” is a great word
Majesty is the impressive dignity, power, and grandeur associated with sovereign authority or with something of great scale and beauty. From Middle English majeste, from Old French majesté, from Latin maiestātem (“greatness, dignity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”). Unlike grandeur, which suggests an impersonal magnificence of scale, or dignity, which speaks of composed worthiness in bearing, majesty is grandeur imbued with a commanding, sovereign presence. It is the shadow of a mountain range falling across a valley at dusk, the silent glide of a great whale through abyssal dark, and the profound stillness in the throne room of an absent king—the quality that compels not just admiration, but awe, and the instinct to bow one’s head.
Etymology
From Middle English majeste, mageste, from Old French majesté, from Latin maiestātem, (literally, "the quality of being greater”). Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂s (“great”) See mega-.
noun
- The quality of being impressive, great, dignified, powerful, sovereign, or any combination thereof.e.g.“the majesty of the Great Pyramids”
pron
- a term of address for royalty and imperialitye.g.“His/Her/Your Majesty”
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