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View synonyms for longanimity
longanimity
[ long-guh-nim-i-tee, lawng- ]
longanimity
/ lɒŋˈɡænɪməs; ˌlɒŋɡəˈnɪmɪtɪ /
noun
- rare.patience or forbearance
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Derived Forms
- longanimous, adjective
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Other Words From
- lon·gan·i·mous [long-, gan, -, uh, -m, uh, s, lawng-], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of longanimity1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of longanimity1
C15: from Late Latin longanimitās, from longanimis forbearing, from longus long + animus mind, soul
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Example Sentences
So that there may be fitly said to be a longanimity, which is commonly also ascribed to God as a magnanimity.
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Even Zeus is displaying a marvellous longanimity in his adverse state, and Pallas is positively frivolous.
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A kind of scorn, a kind of pity, and a kind of patient longanimity looked from them.
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You, who know what longanimity may be and how hard a thing to come at, may admire him for this.
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