longanimity
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- longanimous adjective
Etymology
Origin of longanimity
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English longanimyte, from Late Latin longanimitās “patience,” equivalent to longanimi(s) “patient” ( long(us) long 1 + anim(us) “spirit” + -is adjective suffix) + -tās -ty 2
Example Sentences
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The language is heavily latinate: durable usages include "adulterate", "verity" and "prescience", while "potestates", "longanimity" and "conculcation" failed to stick.
From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2011
The holes in his bed linens finally exhausted even Lady Churchill's longanimity, and she gave him a smart dressing down.
From Time Magazine Archive
When George Herbert tells us that if the sermon be dull, 'God takes a text and preacheth patience,' the prolongation of the word seems to convey some hint at the longanimity of the virtue.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
Hence longanimity has more in common with magnanimity than with patience.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
What fo' yo' want t' distress mah longanimity fo'?
From Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record by Rockwood, Roy
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