magnanimous
pronunciation
How to pronounce magnanimous in British English:
UK [mægˈnænɪməs]
How to pronounce magnanimous in American English:
US [mæɡˈnænəməs]
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- Adjective:
- noble and generous in spirit
- generous and understanding and tolerant
Word Origin
- magnanimous
- magnanimous: see magnitude
- magnanimous (adj.)
- 1580s, a back-formation from magnanimity + -ous, or else from Latin magnanimus "highminded," literally "great-souled" (see magnanimity). Related: Magnanimously.
Example
- 1. After the war , Chinese government took a magnanimous policy : let Japanese retreat safely from mainland China and ask no compensation of war from Japan .
- 2. Removed the mystery covered on them , the sagacious men have worldly lives which ordinary people also have and they console those who are in exhausted with their broadminded and magnanimous so as to be seen as the historical representation of father .
- 3. At the beginning , cells showed long fusiform , and had a high proliferation rate , and the passage cycle is shortened . After the 7th or 8th passage , cells extended to become magnanimous , flat and thin , and proliferated slow . And the passage cycle was extended , cell particulate matters increased as well . 2 .
- 4. He was a man capable of magnanimous gestures .
- 5. Munificent magnanimous is very important , not be principle problem have to flinch when the person and flinch person .