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Equanimous

Definition: Equanimous

Equanimous

Adjective

1. In full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Equanimous \E*quan"i*mous\, adjective. [Latin expression aequanimus, from aequus equal animus mind.]. (Websters 1913)

"Equanimous" is a common misspelling or typo for: euonymus.

 

Synonyms: Equanimous

Synonyms: collected (adj), poised (adj), self-collected (adj), self-contained (adj), self-possessed (adj). (additional references)

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Rhyming with "Equanimous"

Words rhyming with "equanimous" (pronounced 'E*quan"i*mous'): Abnormous, Achymous, Acrotomous, Aetheogamous, Agamous, Allogamous, Allonymous, Amphigamous, Amphistomous, Anadromous, Androtomous, Angiomonospermous, Angiospermous, Angiostomous, Anonymous, Antidromous, Antistrumous, Aspermous, Athalamous, Athermous, Autogamous, Autonomous, Azymous, Bigamous, Biramous, Blasphemous, Brumous, Campylospermous, Catadromous, Catanadromous, Chromous, Chymous, Coelospermous, Defamous, Diathermous, Diatomous, Dichogamous, Dichotomous, Didymous, Didynamous, Digamous, Disspermous, Ditrichotomous, Edriophthalmous, Endogamous, Enneaspermous, Enormous, Epiphylospermous, Eponymous, Exanimous. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Equanimous

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-n-o-q-s-u-u"

-3 letters: anomies, aqueous, quinoas, sequoia, uniques.

-4 letters: amines, amnios, animes, animus, anomie, eonism, inseam, manque, maquis, masque, mesian, miaous, monies, mosque, queans, quinoa, quoins, semina, sequin, umiaqs, unique, unseam.

-5 letters: aeons, amens, amies, amine, amino, amins, amnio, amuse, anime, anise, eosin, mains, manes, manos, manse, manus, maqui, mason, means, mensa, menus, meous, meson, miaou.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Equanimous


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 71 75 61 6E 69 6D 6F 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110001 01110101 01100001 01101110 01101001 01101101 01101111 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#113 &#117 &#97 &#110 &#105 &#109 &#111 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0071 0075 0061 006E 0069 006D 006F 0075 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39838767807579818785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Rhymes
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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