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单词 magnanimous
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magnanimousadj.

Brit. /maɡˈnanᵻməs/, U.S. /mæɡˈnænəməs/
Forms: 1500s magnanimus, 1500s–1600s magnanimious, 1500s– magnanimous.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin magnanimus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin magnanimus ( < magnus great (see magni- comb. form) + animus soul (see animus n.), after ancient Greek μεγάθυμος , μεγαλόψυχος , etc., and used to render the latter in translations of Aristotle) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier magnanime adj.
1. Showing magnanimity; generous in feeling or conduct; superior to petty resentment or jealousy. Also archaic: great or noble in spirit, ambition, or purpose. Cf. magnanimity n. 1, 3.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [adjective] > high-minded or magnanimous
athelmodc1275
freec1380
worthya1393
great-heartedc1425
noble1447
magnanimec1475
greata1500
haught1530
magnanimous1547
heartya1555
high-minded1556
noble-natured1576
generous1581
noble-minded1586
liberal-minded1592
ingenious1597
ingenuous1598
large-hearted1607
noble-tempered1654
big-hearted1711
broad-hearted1719
megalopsychic1896
big1910
1547 J. Wilkinson tr. Aristotle Ethiques sig. Eiiv The man that is Magnanimus loueth other, and if he will euil, it is openly and not closely, bicause he thinketh great vilenesse to hide his will.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. viii. 16 The discret Poet..aswell doth..honour by his pen the iust, liberall, or magnanimous Prince, as the valiaunt, amiable or bewtifull.
1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge ii. 30 Ivstice being..a masculine vertue, hath manlie, magnanimious, considerate and moderate actions.
1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 12 Pitch thy behaviour low, thy projects high; So shalt thou humble and magnanimous be.
c1665 L. Hutchinson Mem. Col. Hutchinson (1973) To Children 12 He was so truly magnanimous that prosperity could never lift him up in the least.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xxxiii. 416 Richard the first, a brave and magnanimous prince, was a sportsman as well as a soldier.
1802 W. Wordsworth Great Men have Been in Sonn. to Liberty They knew..what strength was, that would not bend But in magnanimous meekness.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 167 The magnanimous frankness of a man who had done great things, and who could well afford to acknowledge some deficiencies.
1878 H. James Europeans II. vi. 251 He wanted to be magnanimous; he wanted to have a fine moral pleasure.
1914 E. R. Burroughs Tarzan of Apes xxvii. 372 I should have thought that the prompting of a magnanimous and noble character.
1939 C. Isherwood Goodbye to Berlin 149 ‘I think you might have said good-bye to her,’ said Peter, who could afford to be magnanimous, now that he saw his enemy routed.
1988 R. Christiansen Romantic Affinities ii. 80 He assumes that the magnanimous Elector will pardon him.
2. Great in courage; nobly brave or valiant. Of a quality, action, etc.: proceeding from or manifesting great courage. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > [adjective] > highly courageous
haught1530
magnanimous1584
high-couraged1830
1584 G. Whetstone Mirour for Magestrates f. 1v The incouragement, that the magnanimious Cesar gaue vnto his souldiours.
1586 W. Warner Æneidos in Albions Eng. sig. Oi Elisa (whom the Phœnicians for her magnanimious dying, did afterwards name Dido).
1665 G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India 196 The first course seem'd safest and most considerate; the latter was more magnanimous, but with-all temerarious.
a1719 J. Addison Evid. Christian Relig. (1733) iii. 25 The irreproachable lives and magnanimous sufferings of their followers.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xli. 430 When she saw an evident necessity she braved danger with magnanimous courage.
1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxviii. 85 All their magnanimous threats ended in a ridiculous vote of censure.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 323 The Douglas..was too magnanimous not to interest himself in what was passing.
1858 H. W. Longfellow Courtship Miles Standish iii For he was great of heart, magnanimous, courtly, courageous.

Derivatives

magˈnanimousness n. rare = magnanimity n.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [noun] > high-mindedness or magnanimity
high-mindedness1571
handsomeness1577
noble-mindedness1583
generousness1593
ingenuity1598
magnanimity1598
magnanimousness1606
ingenuousness1611
megalopsychy1656
generosity1783
high thinking1807
greatheartedness1813
kalokagathia1921
megalopsychia1962
1606 G. W. tr. Justinus Hist. xviii. 71 They should..see he had the like liberallity and magnanimousnesse of mind.
1862 M. Oliphant Last of Mortimers II. 257 I am not sure my great magnanimousness did not have a root in what Harry called ‘feeling extravagant’.
1995 V. Genia Counseling & Psychotherapy Relig. Clients 57 Recipients of the martyr's magnanimousness are..manipulated under the guise of love.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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