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Adjective [English]

IPA: /mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/ [Received-Pronunciation, US] Audio: en-us-magnanimous.ogg , en-au-magnanimous.ogg Forms: more magnanimous [comparative], most magnanimous [superlative]
Rhymes: -ænɪməs Etymology: From Latin magnanimus, from magnus (“great”) + animus (“soul, mind”). Displaced native Old English miċelmōd (literally “big-minded”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂enh₁-}}, {{der|en|la|magnanimus}} Latin magnanimus, {{ncog|ang|miċelmōd|lit=big-minded}} Old English miċelmōd (literally “big-minded”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} magnanimous (comparative more magnanimous, superlative most magnanimous)
  1. Noble and generous in spirit. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: big-hearted, generous, great-hearted, large-hearted, unselfish Related terms: magnanimity, magnanimously, magnanimousness Translations (noble and generous in spirit): μεγαλόψυχος (megalópsukhos) (Ancient Greek), վեհանձն (vehanjn) (Armenian), вялікаду́шны (vjalikadúšny) (Belarusian), великоду́шен (velikodúšen) (Bulgarian), magnànim (Catalan), 坦蕩 (Chinese Mandarin), 坦荡 (tǎndàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 寛大 (Chinese Mandarin), 寬宏大度 (Chinese Mandarin), 宽宏大度 (kuānhóng dàdù) (Chinese Mandarin), 善意而有雅量 (Chinese Mandarin), velkodušný (Czech), storsindet (Danish), grootmoedig (Dutch), edelmoedig (Dutch), onbaatzuchtig (Dutch), grandanima (Esperanto), magnanime (French), magnánimo (Galician), großmütig (German), edelmütig (German), großzügig (German), großherzig (German), उदार (udār) (Hindi), महानुभाव (mahānubhāv) (Hindi), महामनस्क (mahāmnask) (Hindi), nagylelkű (Hungarian), göfuglyndur (Icelandic), drenglyndur (Icelandic), stórlyndur (Icelandic), veglyndur (Icelandic), móraigeanta (Irish), mórintinneach (Irish), mór (Irish), gartach [literary] (Irish), magnanimo (Italian), 寛大な (kandai-na) (alt: かんだいな) (Japanese), magnanimus (Latin), augstsirdīgs (Latvian), великодушен (velikodušen) (Macedonian), ngākau oha (Maori), miċelmōd (Old English), كریم (kerim) (Ottoman Turkish), شریف (şerif) (Ottoman Turkish), wielkoduszny (Polish), magnânimo (Portuguese), mărinimos (Romanian), великоду́шный (velikodúšnyj) (Russian), महात्मन् (mahātman) (Sanskrit), велико̀душан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), velikòdušan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), veľkodušný (Slovak), velikodušen (Slovene), magnánimo (Spanish), storsint (Swedish), cömert (Turkish), великоду́шний (velykodúšnyj) (Ukrainian), اَعْلیٰ ظَرْف (aʻlá z̤arf) (Urdu)
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          "text": "First, our friendship began at that early time when alone it is unalloyed and sincere; secondly\"—and here, in spite of her vivacity, Marie's voice trembled—\"you are associated with the only being in the world I ever really loved; and thirdly, I have behaved exceedingly ill to you, and, consequently, feel it quite magnanimous not to hate you, which is the established rule on such occasions.",
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          "text": "doolittle [sad but magnanimous] They played you off very cunning, Eliza, them two sportsmen.",
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      "word": "magnànim"
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "坦蕩"
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "坦荡"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "寛大"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "寬宏大度"
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      "roman": "kuānhóng dàdù",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "宽宏大度"
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "善意而有雅量"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "velkodušný"
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "storsindet"
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "grootmoedig"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "edelmoedig"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "onbaatzuchtig"
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "grandanima"
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "magnanime"
    },
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "magnánimo"
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "móraigeanta"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "mórintinneach"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "mór"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
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      "word": "gartach"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "magnanimo"
    },
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      "alt": "かんだいな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "寛大な"
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      "word": "magnanimus"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "augstsirdīgs"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "velikodušen",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "великодушен"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "ngākau oha"
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kerim",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "كریم"
    },
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "şerif",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "شریف"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "wielkoduszny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "magnânimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "mărinimos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "velikodúšnyj",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "великоду́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "mahātman",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "महात्मन्"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "велико̀душан"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "veľkodušný"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "velikodušen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "magnánimo"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "storsint"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "cömert"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "velykodúšnyj",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "великоду́шний"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "aʻlá z̤arf",
      "sense": "noble and generous in spirit",
      "word": "اَعْلیٰ ظَرْف"
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