magnum

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a large wine bottle for liquor or wine

Etymology

From Latin magnum, neuter of magnus (“great”). * (bottle): Ellipsis of magnum bonum. * (handgun): Name registered 1935 by Smith & Wesson Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts.

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