(ˈ)mag|nanəməs, (ˈ)maig- adjective
Etymology: Latin magnanimus, from magnus great + animus spirit — more at much , animate
1. : showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit
the irreproachable lives and magnanimous sufferings of their followers — Joseph Addison
2. : showing or suggesting nobility of feeling and generosity of mind : incapable of meanness or pettiness : forgiving
even his enemies admitted that he was magnanimous to the point of knight-errantry — G.K.Chesterton
too sincere for dissimulation, too magnanimous for resentment — Ellen Glasgow
• mag·nan·i·mous·ly adverb
• mag·nan·i·mous·ness noun -es