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longanimity Now rare; formerly common in religious use.|lɒŋgəˈnɪmɪtɪ|
Also 5 -yte, 6–7 -itie, -ye.
[ad. late L. longanimitāt-em (occurring, e.g., in Vulg. 2 Pet. iii. 15), f. longanimus (see next), after Gr. µακροθυµία. Cf. F. longanimité.]
Long-suffering; forbearance or patience (e.g. under provocation). (See also quot. 1656.)
c1450tr. De Imitatione i. xiii. 14 Thou shalt ouercome hem [temptacions] better litel & litel by pacience & longanimyte. 1552Latimer Serm. Lincoln. viii. 131 Hys longanimity and long tarying for our amendment. a1600Hooker Serm. Pride Wks. 1888 III. 614 In Isaac such simplicity, such longanimity in Jacob. 1652Howell Giraffi's Rev. Naples ii. 198 The staidnesse, longanimity and constancy of the Spaniard. 1656Blount Glossogr. s.v., In Divinity it is thus defined; Longanimity is an untired confidence of mind in expecting the good things of the life to come. 1682Sir T. Browne Chr. Mor. iii. §1 The Longanimity of God would no longer endure such vivacious abominations. 1724Warburton Tracts (1789) 14 Constancy is a Word too weak to express so extraordinary a Behaviour, 'twas Patience, 'twas Longanimity. 1813M. Edgeworth Patronage (1832) III. xxxviii. 71 The same penetration, the same longanimity, which enabled him to govern the affairs of a great nation, gave him a foresight for his own happiness. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. xi. 217 In true generosity of soul, he [Essex] was as little a match for Ralegh as in longanimity. 1890Spectator 11 Jan., His longanimity under the foolishness of the young woman is really marvellous.
¶ erron. Length (of time); also, prolixity.
1607[see longinquity 2, quot. 1658]. 1854Lowell Cambridge 30 Yrs. Ago Pr. Wks. 1890 I. 83 He is expected to ask a blessing and return thanks at the dinner, a function which he performs with centenarian longanimity, as if he reckoned the ordinary life of man to be fivescore years. 1861― Biglow P. Ser. ii. i. Poet. Wks. 1890 II. 216 A catalogue..emulous in longanimity of Homer's list of ships. |