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Webster 1913 Edition


Parvanimity

Parˊva-nim′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
parvus
little +
animus
mind.]
The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; – opposed to
magnanimity
.
De Quincey.

Definition 2024


parvanimity

parvanimity

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Noun

parvanimity (countable and uncountable, plural parvanimities)

  1. (now rare) The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.
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