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æquanimity

æquanimity is the obsolete form of equanimity.

Meaning of equanimity

Noun

equanimity (countable and uncountable, plural equanimities)

  1. The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
    • No doubt you are right, my best of friends, there would be far less suffering amongst mankind, if men—and God knows why they are so fashioned—did not employ their imaginations so assiduously in recalling the memory of past sorrow, instead of bearing their present lot with equanimity.1779, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther

Forms of æquanimity

pluralæquanimities

Questions about æquanimity

What is æquanimity the obsolete form of?
Æquanimity is the obsolete form of equanimity.

Words near æquanimity in the dictionary

  1. æqualling
  2. æqualls
  3. æqually
  4. æquals
  5. æquanimities
  6. æquanimity
  7. æquanimous
  8. æquate
  9. æquated
  10. æquating
  11. æquation

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