Meanings
- archaicuncountablePatience or tolerance in the face of adversity; forbearance, long-suffering.
It had overcome the patience of Job, as it did the meekness of Moses, and would surely have mastered any, but the longanimity, and lasting sufferance of God [...].
1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Ancient Greekμακροθυμία
- Late Latinlonganimitās
- Englishlonganimity
From Late Latin longanimitās, from longanimis, translating Ancient Greek μακροθυμία (makrothumía).
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