Magnanimous

Definitions: Magnanimous

Magnanimous

Adjective

1. Noble and generous in spirit; "a greathearted general"; "a magnanimous conqueror".

2. Generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart"; "magnanimous toward his enemies".

Date "magnanimous" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Magnanimous (The). Alfonso V. of Aragon (1385, 1416-58). Chosroes or Khosru, twenty-first of the Sassanides, surnamed Noushirwan (the Magnanimous) (531-579). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms: Magnanimous

Synonyms: big (adj), greathearted (adj), large (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disinterestedness	Handsome, liberal, noble, broad-minded; noble-minded, high-minded; princely, great, high, elevated, lofty, exalted, spirited, stoical, magnanimous; great-hearted, large-hearted; chivalrous, heroic, sublime.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Magnanimous

English words defined with "magnanimous": greathearted, Great-hearted ♦ Lion-hearted ♦ magnanimously ♦ Noble metals ♦ Royal touch. (references)

Specialty definitions using "magnanimous": Zenelophon. (references)

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

The collosal prick even managed to sound magnanimous. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Together with my stalwart sidekick Arthur and the magnanimous help of some other folks I know, we form the yin to villany's malevolent yang. (The Tick; writing credit: Larry Charles; Lon Diamond)

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Domain	Title
Books	Dom Pedro the Magnanimous (reference) The Kind King and the Magnanimous Mice: A Tibetan Folktale (reference) (more book examples)
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Hence, at certain periods, a deep chill upon the magnanimous vanguard of the human race.
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"Magnanimous" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.33% of the time. "Magnanimous" is used about 60 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	98.33%	59	44,010
Noun (proper)	1.67%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	60	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "magnanimous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		shpirtmadh (large-hearted, noble-minded). (various references)

Arabic		‏كريم الطبع, ‏سمح التفكير, ‏رحب الصدر, ‏شهم (chivalrous, noble, noble-minded, quixotism). (various references)

Bulgarian		възвишен (elate, grand, great, high, high minded, high-toned, lofty, noble, rarefied, soaring, spheric, sublime, supernal), великодушен (bighearted, generous, great-hearted, handsome, large-hearted, noble-minded), благороден (exalted, generous, gentle, grand, high minded, honorable, honourable, humane, noble-minded, sublime, white). (various references)

Chinese		慷 (generous), 倜 (a groom, energetic, exalted), 坦蕩 (broad and level). (various references)

Czech		velkodušný (high minded). (various references)

Dutch		grootmoedig, edelmoedig. (various references)

Esperanto		grandanima. (various references)

Finnish		jalomielinen (generous, liberal, noble-minded). (various references)

French		magnanime. (various references)

German		großmütig (big hearted, handsome, magnanimously, noble, nobly). (various references)

Greek		μεγαλόψυχοσ. (various references)

Hebrew		אציל � פש (nobleminded). (various references)

Hungarian		nemes gondolkodású (noble), önzetlen (altruistic, disinterested, selfless, unselfish). (various references)

Indonesian		murah hati (benevolent, charitable, clement). (various references)

Italian		magnanimo (high minded, noble). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		浩然たる (vast), 気宇広大 , 太っ腹 (generous), 大らか (big hearted), 寛恕 (generous), 寛仁 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おおらか (big hearted), きう�"う� い, ふとっぱら (generous), か�"じょ (court lady, generous, gentle and quiet), か�"じ�" (aChinese, armorer, crucial, essential, fundamental, main, man of leisure, scoundrel, temple solicitation, villain, vital), �"うぜ�"たる (elated, official, open, overt, proud, public, triumphant, vast). (various references)

Manx		mooaraighnagh, annymagh (lively). (various references)

Pig Latin		agnanimousmay.(various references)

Portuguese		magnânimo (big hearted, generous, large handed, large-hearted, magnificent, munificent, noble). (various references)

Romanian		mãrinimos (freehearted, generous, great-hearted, handsome, high minded, magnanimously, noble, noble-minded). (various references)

Russian		великодушный (benign, benignant, big, bighearted, big-hearted, forgiving, generous, great-hearted, large-hearted, noble, noble-minded, open handed, open-hearted). (various references)

Scottish		meanmnach (brave, mettled). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		velikodušan (freehearted, generous, great-hearted, high minded, large-hearted, munificent, noble-minded). (various references)

Spanish		magnánimo (high minded, large-hearted). (various references)

Swedish		storsint (big, generous, high minded, large minded, large-hearted). (various references)

Thai		ใจบุญ (kind-hearted). (various references)

Turkish		yüce (almighty, big, elevated, eminent, exalted, great-hearted, high, honorable, honourable, lofty, noble, paramount, sacrosanct, serene, soaring, sovereign, spheric, stately, sublime, supreme, towering), bağışlayıcı (forgiving, gracious, merciful, propitious), asil ruhlu (high minded). (various references)

Ukranian		великодушний (benevolent, chivalrous, generous, large-hearted, liberal, lordly, noble, noble-minded, open-hearted). (various references)

Vietnamese		h� o hiệp (chivalrous, great-hearted, knightly, noble-minded), cao thượng (elevated, high, high-pitched, high-spirited, lordly, noble, noble-minded, nobly). (various references)

Welsh		mawrfrydig. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "magnanimous": magnanimously, magnanimousness, magnanimousnesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Magnanimous" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agnanimous, maganimous, magnaimous, magnamimous, magnanaimous, magnanamous, magnanemous, magnanimons, magnanimus, magnanymous. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "magnanimous" (pronounced magna"numus)
7	-n a" n u m u s	unanimous.
6	-a" n u m u s	animus.
5	-n u m u s	anonymous, autonomous, synonymous, venomous.
4	-u m u s	blasphemous, hippopotamus, infamous, monogamous, polygamous, thalamus.
3	-m u s	dermis, enormous, epidermis, famous, grimace, humus, ignoramus, isthmus, litmus, mandamus, posthumous, premise, primus, promise, pumice, ramus, Shamas, shamus, thermos.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-m-m-n-n-o-s-u"
	-2 letters: manganous, summoning.
	-3 letters: agnomina, ammonias, anginous, angiomas, masoning.
	-4 letters: agamous, agnosia, ammonia, amnions, amusing, anginas, angioma, anosmia, gammons, goannas, guanins, iguanas, magians, magnums, mansion, mignons, moaning, mousing, onanism, siamang, summing.
	-5 letters: amigas, amigos, ammino, amnion, amnios, amusia, angina, animas, animus, anions, gamins, gammas, gammon, gasman, goanna, gonium, guanin, guanos, gummas, gunman, iguana, imagos, imaums, magian, magmas, magnum, mangos, manias, mannas, miaous, miasma, mignon, mimosa, monism, mungos, musing, naming, nanism, nasion, nomina, nomism, nosing, numina, omasum, osmium, saning, summon, unions, unison, unmans.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-m-m-n-n-o-s-u"
	+2 letters: magnanimously.
	+3 letters: somnambulating.
	+4 letters: magnanimousness.
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