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Word of the Day for Saturday, January 17, 2009magnanimous \mag-NAN-uh-muhs\, adjective: 1. noble in mind or soul; free from mean or petty feelings or acts But an even greater responsibility falls on Obama as the nominee. Losers have to be gracious, but winners have to be magnanimous. From the architect's point of view, the ideal project is not one with a magnanimous absent client. It is one with a magnanimous thoughtful client. Ever the confident, magnanimous Leo, this August-born collector found it impossible to resist the black marble mantel flanked by muscular plaster lions. by 1547 from Latin magnanimus "having a great soul," from magnus "great" + animus "soul, spirit." Probably a loan-translation of Greek megalopsychos "high-souled, generous" (Aristotle) or megathymus "great-hearted." | |||||||||
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