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Webster 1913 Edition


Longanimity

Lonˊga-nim′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
longanimitas
;
longus
long +
animus
mind: cf. F.
longanimité
.]
Disposition to bear injuries patiently; forbearance; patience.
Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Longanimity

LONGANIM'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. longanimitas; longus, long, and animus, mind.]
Forbearance; patience; disposition to endure long under offenses.

Definition 2024


longanimity

longanimity

English

Noun

longanimity (uncountable)

  1. (now rare) Patience or tolerance in the face of adversity; forbearance, long-suffering.
    • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
      It had overcome the patience of Job, as it did the meekness of Moses, and would surely have mastered any, but the longanimity, and lasting sufferance of God [...].