longanime
Definition
Examples
Sentences with the word longanime
Si longanime que fût le gouverneur, il voulut s'opposer à cette prétention.Paul Thureau-Dangin (1837-1913)
Il se mourait de cette maladie incurable et longanime de n'être pas prêtre.Ernest La Jeunesse (1874-1917)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of LONGANIME adj.
Celuy qui n'est troublé d'aucune passion, & qui est prest à souffrir toute sorte de bien & de mal avec constance & sans esmotion.
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