Longanimity

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /lɒŋɡəˈnɪmɪti/

Origin

From Late Latin longanimitātem, from longanimus, translating Ancient Greek μακροθυμία.

Full definition of longanimity

Noun

1. (now rare) Patience or tolerance in the face of adversity; forbearance, long-suffering.
• 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3: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 ....