parvanimityn.

Brit.

/ˌpɑːvəˈnɪmɪti/, U.S.

/ˌpɑrvəˈnɪmᵻdi/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin parvus , animus , -ity suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin parvus small (see parvi- comb. form) + animus mind (see animus n.) + -ity suffix, probably formed as an antonym of magnanimity n. (compare quot. 1829 at main sense).

Now rare.

Smallness of mind, meanness; an example of this. Also: a small-minded person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [noun]

narrow-mindedness1646

parvanimitya1691

narrowness1697

narrow-spiritedness1709

little-mindedness1767

narrow-mindeda1774

contraction1775

illiberality1775

smallness1813

illiberalism1839

narrow-heartedness1850

single-track mind1919

tunnel vision1949

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [noun] > person

square-toes1771

illiberal1818

parvanimity1873

faddist1883

a1691 R. Boyle Free Disc. Customary Swearing (1695) 75 They will justly esteem your parvanimity so great that you deserve derision.

1829 Edinb. Lit. Gaz. July 131/2 The meanness and parvanimity of Bonaparte. [Note] I coin this word parvanimity as an adequate antithesis to magnanimity.

1840 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 37 Memorably connected with the parvanimities of the English government at one period.

1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 33 (note) Persons..of the class of hopeless parvanimities of the true insular stamp.

1950 Social Forces 29 202/2 Shall we prefer parvanimity?

Derivatives

parvˈanimous adj. small-minded.

ΚΠ

1819 Examiner 14 Nov. 731/2 We mean..any parvanimous great man, who would fain revenge his slavery at home by lording it out of doors.

1855 L. Hunt Let. 26 July (1862) II. 204 What I partly did myself, half for the reasons above mentioned, and half perhaps out of a sort of parvanimous wish not to assist the critics.

1945 Amer. Hist. Rev. 50 286 The conduct of most of the Republicans respecting the Treaty been discouragingly parvanimous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	parvanimity
释义	parvanimityn. Brit. /ˌpɑːvəˈnɪmɪti/, U.S. /ˌpɑrvəˈnɪmᵻdi/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin parvus , animus , -ity suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin parvus small (see parvi- comb. form) + animus mind (see animus n.) + -ity suffix, probably formed as an antonym of magnanimity n. (compare quot. 1829 at main sense). Now rare. Smallness of mind, meanness; an example of this. Also: a small-minded person. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [noun] narrow-mindedness1646 parvanimitya1691 narrowness1697 narrow-spiritedness1709 little-mindedness1767 narrow-mindeda1774 contraction1775 illiberality1775 smallness1813 illiberalism1839 narrow-heartedness1850 single-track mind1919 tunnel vision1949 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > [noun] > person square-toes1771 illiberal1818 parvanimity1873 faddist1883 a1691 R. Boyle Free Disc. Customary Swearing (1695) 75 They will justly esteem your parvanimity so great that you deserve derision. 1829 Edinb. Lit. Gaz. July 131/2 The meanness and parvanimity of Bonaparte. [Note] I coin this word parvanimity as an adequate antithesis to magnanimity. 1840 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 37 Memorably connected with the parvanimities of the English government at one period. 1873 F. Hall Mod. Eng. 33 (note) Persons..of the class of hopeless parvanimities of the true insular stamp. 1950 Social Forces 29 202/2 Shall we prefer parvanimity? Derivatives parvˈanimous adj. small-minded. ΚΠ 1819 Examiner 14 Nov. 731/2 We mean..any parvanimous great man, who would fain revenge his slavery at home by lording it out of doors. 1855 L. Hunt Let. 26 July (1862) II. 204 What I partly did myself, half for the reasons above mentioned, and half perhaps out of a sort of parvanimous wish not to assist the critics. 1945 Amer. Hist. Rev. 50 286 The conduct of most of the Republicans respecting the Treaty been discouragingly parvanimous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1691
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