magnum opus

1. 1.

   a great work of art or literature

   Broaderwork of art

Questions about magnum opus

What does magnum opus mean?

magnum opus means "a great work of art or literature".

Is magnum opus a common word?

magnum opus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.