Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

magnum opus

Pronunciation: /ˌmagnəm ˈəʊpəs, ˈɒpəs/

Translate magnum opus | into Italian
Definition of magnum opus

noun (plural magnum opuses or magna opera /ˌmagnə ˈəʊpərə, ˈɒpərə/)

  • a work of art, music, or literature that is regarded as the most important or best work that an artist, composer, or writer has produced.

Origin:

late 18th century: from Latin, 'great work'

magnum opus in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of magnum opus in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

leporine

/ ˈlɛpərʌɪn /
adjective
of or resembling a hare or hares …