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longanimity

[long-guh-nim-i-tee, lawng-]
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noun
  1. patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.
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Origin of longanimity

1400–50; late Middle English longanimyte < Late Latin longanimitās patience, equivalent to longanimi(s) patient (long(us) long1 + anim(us) spirit + -is adj. suffix) + -tās -ty2
Related formslon·gan·i·mous [long-gan-uh-muh s, lawng-] /lɒŋˈgæn ə məs, lɔŋ-/, adjective
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Historical Examples

  • You, who know what longanimity may be and how hard a thing to come at, may admire him for this.

    The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay

    Maurice Hewlett

  • So that there may be fitly said to be a longanimity, which is commonly also ascribed to God as a magnanimity.

British Dictionary definitions for longanimity

longanimity

noun
  1. rare patience or forbearance
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Derived Formslonganimous (lɒŋˈɡænɪməs), adjective

Word Origin

C15: from Late Latin longanimitās, from longanimis forbearing, from longus long + animus mind, soul
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Word Origin and History for longanimity

n.

"patience," mid-15c., from Late Latin longanimitas "long-suffering, patient," from longanimus, from longus (see long (adj.)) + animus- "soul, spirit, mind" (see animus).

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