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語源

From Middle French magnanimité, from Old French [Term?], from Latin magnanimitās.

発音

• IPA: /ˌmæɡnəˈnɪmɪti/

名詞

magnanimity (countable and uncountable, plural magnanimities)

1. The quality of being magnanimous; kindness of nature; generosity.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 206:

     ...and thirdly, I have I behaved exceedingly ill to you, and, consequently, feel it quite magnanimous not to hate you, which is the established rule on such occasions."
     "Pray, continue your magnanimity."

   • 2005 [1868–9], Anthony Briggs, transl., War and Peace, Penguin Classics, translation of Война́ и миръ by Leo Tolstoy, Volume I, Part 1, Chapter 4, page 15:

     The duke had not taken advantage of this, but Bonaparte had later rewarded his magnanimity by having him put to death.

同意語

• magnanimousness

関連する語

• magnanimous

参照

• “magnanimity”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.