Etymology

megalopsychos

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Today it means: Aristotle’s “great-souled man”: an aristocratic paragon who embodies the virtues to an exceptional degree (a figure described chiefly in Aristotle’s Eudemian and Nicomachean Ethics). Full definition →

Ancient Greek μεγᾰλόψῡχος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμεγᾰλόψῡχος“great-souled man”, “magnanimous one”
  2. English todaymegalopsychos

From the Ancient Greek μεγᾰλόψῡχος (megălópsūkhos, “great-souled man”, “magnanimous one”), from μεγᾰς (megăs, “great”) + ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “mind”, “spirit”, “soul”).

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