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magnum noun & adjective. L18.
[Latin, use as noun of neut. sing. of magnus large.]
A. noun.
A bottle for wine, spirits, etc., twice the standard size, now usu. containing 1 1 / 2 litres; the quantity of liquor held by such a bottle. L18.
J. Glassco There was a magnum of bad champagne waiting in an ice bucket.
(Also Magnum.) A Magnum revolver or cartridge (see sense B. below). M20.
Zoology. The section of a bird's oviduct which secretes albumen. M20.
b. attrib. or as adjective. (Also Magnum.) Of a cartridge: adapted so as to be more powerful than its calibre suggests. Of a gun: designed to fire such cartridges. M20.
? Proprietary name in the US in senses A.2, B.